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In 1815, while Napoleon Bonaparte was in exile on the British island of St Helena many personal effects were commissioned for the disgraced French leader. Among the items was this chamber pot which will auction via Bonhams.
May 19, 2005 Bonhams' Grandes Marques a Monaco Sale of classic, historic and collectible cars surpassed all records this year with 1972 Monaco Grand Prix-winning racing driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise's personal collection of cars leading the catalogue entries, together with fabulous Lancias from the Italian collection of Silvano Cima and supercars from a Monegasque collection. The star Lot sold was the Beltoise collection Matra-Simca MS670B sports-racing 'Barquette' with 3-litre V12-cylinder power in which Beltoise's team-mates, Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrousse won the 1973 Le Mans 24-Hours endurance racing classic. This magnificent and historic 220mph projectile was passed from Matra to Jean-Pierre Beltoise and it has since been lovingly preserved over many years and restored within his personal collection. The car sold to a British collector for the world record Matra price of 1,105,000 Euros.
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