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# The golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico, daughter of the King of the Belgians, sold for €120,000
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/zolotoi-skipetr-imperatritsy-meksiki-sharlotty-belgiiskoi-byl-prodan-za-120-000-evro/
- Published: 2023-07-19T06:02:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:36:14.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Monarchies, Observations

The golden sceptre of Empress Charlotte of Mexico, Princess of Belgium, has been sold for €120,000\. Plus the auction house's commission, naturally, which is usually some 20 to 30 per cent of the sale price.

In my view, this was a thoroughly successful sale and an excellent acquisition for a reasonable sum, especially when set beside any run-of-the-mill piece by Fabergé, which goes under the hammer for just such money every other week, yet can boast of a provenance amounting to no more than having stood, at best, in one of two hundred display cabinets of some reserve palace