When we think of guillotines, our minds turn to scenes of the French Revolution, which have been graphically depicted in so many Hollywood movies. While it may have been inspired by the original ...

A well-dressed plumpish man, who bore a striking resemblance to France’s late, great King Louis XVI, was a determined auction bidder in Paris last week for a dull, tarnished guillotine blade said to ...

A 150-year-old guillotine with “a few dents on the blade” will go under the hammer in Paris on Wednesday. The three-metre tall instrument of execution is in working order. Guillotines were used to ...

This video documents the restoration of an Antique French Guillotine from the 1930-1950 era found in a flea market in southern France. The restoration process includes careful disassembly, rust ...