Thread: A question of worth

You all know, Napoleon shaved with a straight (har har) and he had a Plisson Badger with a very large and heavy Sterling Silver handle custom made for him.

So my question is, how much would you pay to acquire his brush? (let's assume you are a man of considerable means for this exercise)

It's in a museum in France Somewhere and no it's not for sale.

I don't know what I would pay,,,but if I acquired it,, I would use it, which means I would have the knot replaced.

Nothing ..

I'm not a Franco-phile ..

Sounds like thebigspendur is planning one last heist and looking for a fence...I'll go five hundred quid...

Stuff of that lineage belongs in museums not my dusty collection. If I got it for a song it is likely that I would donate it to a museum of sorts, perhaps even one from Canada with the hope that they would trade it for Canadian artifacts from France, or I suppose if I was a man of means, I might try to broker the trade myself and then donate the traded piece to a museum. The crazy grave robbers of days gone buy have great volumes of artifacts from Canada stored in their Universities and Museums, stolen in the name of education and waiting to return to their graves.

Wouldn't it be something to lather up with a brush Napoleon used? Kind of like sleeping in George Washington's bed.

Sorry Nelson, but we don't do valuations here!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Sorry Nelson, but we don't do valuations here!

Gee a wiseguy eh? I was gonna acquire it and give it to you as a gift.

A Napoleon brush would go great with my Napoleon Dubl Duck.

Even if I had the means, it would not matter. My collection is not for looking at or showing, but for using. I do not think that would change no matter what my budget was.
True, if I had the means, the equipment used, including brushes, would be of the highest quality I could manage, but they would still be for use.
Let Napoleon's brush remain in a museum, to be shared with all who care to see it. That is where it belongs.