You won't believe how much ill-fated Marie-Antoinette's travel bag sold for


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Imagine going on a flight with Marie-Antoinette's antique travel bag today... — AFP Relaxnews

A travel bag belonging to the ill-fated French queen Marie-Antoinette sold for more than five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia near her one-time home at the Palace of Versailles.

A large embroidered serviette used during the coronation of the Austrian-born monarch – who lost her head during the French Revolution – also went for several times its estimate.

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