Marie Antoinette's silk shoe up for sale

By Christian Hartmann
Updated November 15 2020 - 4:34am, first published 4:32am
Marie Antoinette has gone down in history as a symbol of the excesses of the French monarchy.
Marie Antoinette has gone down in history as a symbol of the excesses of the French monarchy.

A silk shoe that belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France who was executed during the French Revolution, is set to go up for auction with a starting price of 10,000 euros ($A16,000).

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