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Is it possible to over $2 million on a hat? The answer is "yes" if the hat once to the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. An iconic hat that Napoleon is most famous for was at an auction this week for $2.1 million. This a record for a hat, so it is the most expensive piece of headwear ever . The auction sale the previous record for a hat, which was $2 million. That hat also once belonged to Napoleon. A historian said Napoleon liked hats and around 120 of them. This week's record-breaking hat is of felt and has the red, white and blue colours of the French flag on it. Experts say it back to the early 1800s. Thousands of artists have paintings of Napoleon wearing it.

Napoleon is one of France's most famous historical figures. He was a general who a key part in the French Revolution of 1787-1799. He helped to over the French government, and then emperor of France in 1804. His reign as emperor to an end in 1815 after he the Battle of Waterloo to the British. He was to live on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean called St. Helena. He there six years later in 1821, aged 51. The auction of his hat with the release of a new Hollywood movie about his rise to power, and his relationship with the empress Josephine. The movie is "Napoleon". It is by Ridley Scott and stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine.