The Osenat sale "Royalty at Versailles" held on 18th May included several important items of Marie-Antoinette memorabilia, including her missel and a lock of her hair, which was sold to an anonymous buyer for € 9,660.
LOT 61: MARIE-ANTOINETTE. Medallion containing a lock of white hair tied with a small ribbon and black thread. Under glass. In a chased brass oval hanging medallion decorated with foliage and florets. 6.5 x 5.1 cm. Accident on reverse. This medallion has been dismantled to recover the handwritten bill in pen and ink, folded and folded inside, bearing the annotation: "The hair of Marie-Antoinette Queen of France was given to me by a Commune prosecutor in charge of inspections of the Temple prison at the time when this unfortunate woman was detained there"
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