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what are we got here I have a sign
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letter from Napoleon from 1809 whoa he's
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right into his Minister of War regarding
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gunpowder replacement okay cool so as
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that as initials that is this signature
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from that time period okay looks a lot
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like mine just this letter is different
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because it talks about gunpowder which I
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don't think there's many letters out
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there with that documented I'm gonna be
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asking 3,000 nepoleon was a great
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general and he knew how to micromanage
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and that's what I liked the most the
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little general that little general
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that's right Napoleon was a really
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really interesting guy he was the lowest
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of the low when it comes to royalty but
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since he was royalty that really helped
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his rise to power he was a little bit
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better AZ he'd work like 18 19 hours a
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day you know the reason why he's bald
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right there is from pulling his hair out
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because he tried to do everything
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Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of
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the greatest military leaders in history
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he had a little bit of an ego though
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when he was crowned Emperor he thought
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the only person actually worthy to put
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the crown on his head was himself so I'm
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assuming you want to sell it I do all
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right how much you want for it I'm
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asking 3,000
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you know I've been burned on napoleon
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signatures before and i don't want that
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happening again so do you mind if I have
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someone look at it not at all
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I'll go get my call I get him down here
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take it take him ten minutes sounds good
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if this checks out it could be worth
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some good money and is definitely
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sellable so I called in Steve so he can
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take a look at it
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I bet Paul eboo fran莽ais oui well this
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is what I called you about
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he says it's Napoleon this letter is
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about talking to a general that we need
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more gunpowder and if you think about it
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that shouldn't be you know signed by
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Napoleon it should be someone lower but
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he was such a micromanager he had to do
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it himself
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of course that's just how the guy was
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and it kind of lends his character so is
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this legit okay well the first thing I
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want to do is I'd like to see it on a
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glass so I can see if it's printed or
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not no problem you take that out for me
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of course okay you know through the
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years I've seen my fair share and
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Napoleon signatures they're kind of
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rushed hurried more or less sloppy like
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you just wanted to get through the stack
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of things he had to sign so the first
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thing I'm gonna do is just put this on
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top of it we're gonna just kind of look
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at the ink on here see the ink right
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here and you see how kind of starts to
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cut through it here and when I look
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deeper here there's no doubt in my mind
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that's live ink on there okay cool
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the next thing I want to do is rule out
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any kind of secretarial versions or
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something else someone sign for them
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the most typical Napoleon signature is
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more or less the style so basically what
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we see is almost an N P it means P's
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little oversized here
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here's another document we'll take a
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look at again we see the same type of
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letter formations he comes right under
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here look at this pressure he puts here
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he's putting that pressure there so you
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think it's one under percent legit no
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question about it yeah
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oh great signs that great P good good
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okay so what's it work the marketplace
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has really been flooded with this guy
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signature there's a lot of it out there
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and you know collectors still collected
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but you don't have a tidal wave of
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people trying to rush on get Napoleon
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signatures
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based on all that the value of this is
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right about $1,500 okay thanks man
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appreciate it yeah good to see you good
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luck with that Matt be nice nice talking
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to you you know I think a piece I'm Ina
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polian especially framed up with a
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picture of him I think that's something
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that I was gonna go pretty quick cuz
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people do know this guy he's a big part
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of world history and it's still a
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desirable autograph so you're not gonna
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give me 3,000 are you
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no well not when I can probably sell it
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for right around 1,500 there's
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definitely value there I mean it's not
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like it's worthless but you know 1500
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bucks is a lot of money for someone to
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spend on an autograph
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mm why we're in the world would I ever
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do 2,000 when I consulted 1,500 okay
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I'll tell you what I will give you a
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grant
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can't do it
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thanks for ringing in exchange your mind
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come and see me okay I'm pretty
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disappointed because I just figured that
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it was worth more based on the contents
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of the letter I guess I'll take it back
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home put it in my collection and wait
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another 200 years
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see if it'll go up in value from there
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