Catherine Porter

Right, I read that.

And it was this incredibly precious crown, an imperial crown that was made for the last empress of France who was married to Napoleon III.

Right.

I can tell you a little bit about it.

I have been learning a ton about these type of things.

Well, not before this, but I have become one.

Hold on.

So this crown had eight golden eagles on it, 1,354 regular diamonds, and then 1,136 rose-cut diamonds, as well as 56 pretty sizable emeralds.

So, you know, again, my crash course in learning about royal jewelry.

A lot of these items stem from either Napoleon III or Napoleon himself.

So I'll take you through a couple.

There was this incredible emerald necklace.

an earring set that Napoleon gave to his second wife for their wedding in 1810.

Wow.

So that's just one.

Then there's this decorative bow that was worn by Empress Eugenie that has more than 2,000 diamonds.

Oh, my God.

And there's, like, a pearl...

kind of tiara that's also incredibly jaw-dropping but natalie one thing that points to that these thieves knew what they were doing is they didn't go for what was really the most expensive item in those cases they went for these items and there's a lots of discussion about you know maybe they thought these ones would be easier to break down and easier to um

smelled and break apart and sell in small pieces.