Rare Napoleon letter fetches $244,400

A rare letter in which French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte vowed to "blow up the Kremlin" fetched 10 times more than expected at an auction in France at the weekend. The code-written letter, signed "Nap" and dated October 20, 1812, sold for 187,500 euros ($244,400) in all at a sale organized by Osenat auction house near Paris on Dec. 2, 2012.