US EditionA crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty is expected to sell for more than $26 million
The Winter Egg, one of only seven Imperial Fabergé eggs remaining in private hands, is expected to exceed £20 million at auction, showcasing extraordinary craftsmanship and history.
- On Nov. 27, The Winter Egg is displayed at Christie’s in London and will be auctioned on Dec. 2, with Christie’s expecting it to fetch over 20 million.
- Alma Pihl designed The Winter Egg in 1913 for Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and Soviet authorities sold it in the 1920s to a London dealer for 450 pounds before it changed hands several times.
- Measuring just 4 inches, The Winter Egg is carved from rock crystal, set with 4,500 tiny diamonds in platinum snowflake motifs, and opens to reveal a removable bejewelled quartz flower basket.
- Christie’s expects a sale that could top previous Fabergé records as The Winter Egg, one of seven Imperial eggs remaining in private hands, may surpass the $18.5 million 2007 Rothschild Fabergé egg sale.
- After a low‑price 1920s sale, the egg reappeared at high‑value auctions in the 1990s and 2000s, selling for more than 7 million Swiss francs in 1994 and $9.6 million in 2002.
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It was commissioned by former Russian emperor Nicola II as a gift of Easter to his mother in 1913 (ANSA)
London, UK. The Winter Egg, a jewel valued at more than $25 million, will be auctioned next Tuesday in London, announced the Christie’s house. The jewel was commissioned in 1913 to the Fabergé House by Nicholas II, Russia’s last tsar, as a gift to his mother. The ‘Winter Egg’ is carved in a fragile rock crystal and adorned with more than 4,500 diamonds. According to Christie’s estimate, the price could reach more than 20 million pounds (25 milli…
A crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty is expected to sell for more than $26 million
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction. Christie’s says the Winter Egg is valued at more than 20 million pounds, or $26.4 million. It’s one of only seven such eggs…
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