US EditionCrystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million
The Winter Egg, one of only seven remaining in private hands, set a new auction record at £22.9 million, surpassing the previous Fabergé egg record by over £13 million.
- On Tuesday, Christie's in London sold the Winter Egg for 22.9m to an anonymous buyer after a brief bidding war.
- Long ago, in 1913, Tsar Nicholas II commissioned the egg as an Easter gift for Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna; it is one of seven Imperial Eggs remaining privately after the 1994 rediscovery.
- Carved from rock crystal, the egg features a platinum snowflake motif with 4,500 rose-cut diamonds and opens to reveal a removable tiny basket of bejewelled quartz flowers.
- Margo Oganesian praised the Winter Egg's rarity and craftsmanship, calling it "truly one of the rarest items that you can find" and highlighting the difficulty of its creation.
- With only a handful remaining, Christie's pre-sale estimate of more than $26 million on the 1913 Winter Egg highlights its rarity and the growing interest among wealthy collectors.
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Jewel-encrusted Faberge egg sells for £23m in 'world record' at London auction
A jewel-encrusted Faberge egg created for the mother of Russia's final tsar has fetched a record-breaking £22.9million at auction in London.The Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 as a present for Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.The jewel-studded piece is considered among the most luxurious of all Faberge's imperial works.The piece is intricately carved from rock crystal, featuring a frost pattern engraved on its interior…
Faberge Egg Beats Its Own Record at Auction
A rare Fabergé egg commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913 shattered auction records Tuesday, fetching $30.2 million at Christie's in London. The Winter Egg, originally a gift for the Russian ruler's mother, is one of just seven of the Imperial Eggs made by the House of Fabergé still...
After decades, Fabergé's legendary winter egg resurfaced at auction. Experts considered the timing of the sale to be extremely unfavorable.
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perspectivemedia.comJewel-studded Faberge egg sells for record £22.9m at London auction
The old record was set in 2007 when the Rothschild Egg fetched £8.9 million.
By Oscar Holland, CNN - One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold for £22.9 million (US$30.2 million), including commission, on Tuesday, surpassing its own record as the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever auctioned. Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II as a gift for his mother in 1913, the Winter Egg was acquired by an unidentified buyer after a three-minute bidding war at Christie's auction house in London. The record sum slig…
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