Slippers from the Emperor & Umbrella from Sisi: 400 Royal Objects at Auction in Vienna

You might have to dig a little deeper into your pockets for a uniform coat of Emperor Franz Joseph with a certificate of authenticity from the personal valet Eugen Ketterl. This uniform as a field marshal in Hungarian attire, the so-called Campagne-Attila, is a rarity. The Emperor always wore the Hungarian general's uniform when present in the Hungarian half of the empire or when he appeared as King of Hungary. Its estimated value is 30,000 to 50,000 euros.

Empress Elisabeth's possessions particularly popular at auctions in Dorotheum Vienna

Franz Joseph is also remembered for his impressive beard. The auction at the Dorotheum offers his personal shaving bowl with a porcelain pot and shaving brush (2,000 - 4,000 euros). Here too, Eugen Ketterl confirms the authenticity. The last personal valet of the Emperor was allowed to supplement his salary during the monarch's lifetime by selling personal objects of the Emperor. A personal razor of the Emperor from family ownership is up for auction (2,000 to 4,000 euros).

From Empress Elisabeth, whose personal items are reportedly highly favored by buyers according to the auction house, comes a personal mourning fan created around 1890, which was hand-painted with flowers and a butterfly by her daughter Archduchess Marie Valerie. The fan is valued between 4,000 and 8,000 euros. The Dorotheum expects between 1,500 and 3,000 euros each for two personal handkerchiefs of the Empress from the time before her marriage.

As a "special highlight" among the numerous portrait paintings of the auction, a painting by Georg Martin Ignaz Raab, valued between 20,000 and 40,000 euros, was mentioned in a press release. He painted the 30-year-old Empress Elisabeth on the occasion of her coronation as Queen of Hungary in 1867.

Viewing from May 31 at Palais Dorotheum, Dorotheergasse 17, 1010 Vienna

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