I have a bronze bust statue of napoleon.IT has the name ruffony on the
back.He is wearing military outfit and at the bottom of hes chest
there is a big eagle. under the eagle sir or sil DE waterloo is
written.I would like information on the artist ruffony and find out
the value as a collectible it may have.I also think the time period
for this bust is the 1900's.

Dear Sparkyn, 

First of all, for a "real" evaluation you should go to an
antiquitarian, that would tell you whether the statue is forged,
damaged, etc.

Your statue is most likely of the late 19th century, or early 20th
century (until 1930s), since Ruffuny ccreations were done by that
period (and are similar to other, more known, masters of that era).
These statues were usually duplicated in dozens of copies, which means
what you have is not unique and most likely a reproduction. As for the
artist itself, I found he was one of a long list of little-known
artists who done mostly what can be described as "artisanship",
meaning that their works did not carry some important artistic message
(compared with early 20th century masters), ratehr their art was
commercial.

However, I might have good news for you. Ruffony statues (also
reproductions) sell for $250 (http://www.bronzeart.com/sn067.html -
there are others in this site) to $1,380.00
(http://www.classicbronze.com/sun/bronzesb.html); You can also see
Ruffony sales here -
http://www.franks-boulter.com/bronzes/section1/bronze11.htm  ;
http://www.sunbronze.com/n067.htm and
http://www.sunbronze.com/n066.htm ; item 389 at
http://www.mctears.co.uk/may02add.htm ;
http://www.jlgalleryartsetc.com/cgi-bin/format.cgi?su066

I add my search strategy, which was to search in art databases, in art
lexicons, and in google, for his works, under the name "Ruffony".

I hope that helped, please contact me with any other question.