US EditionCrystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million
The Winter Egg, one of seven Imperial Fabergé eggs in private hands, sold for £22.9 million at Christie's, surpassing the previous 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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A London auction broke all previous records when one of the world's rarest historical artifacts found its way to a new owner. The piece's extraordinary history has sparked excitement.
Fabergé eggs have always aroused the interest of collectors. They enclose a great story behind them, pieces of the Russian legend of the time of the Tsars. It was Tsar Nicholas II who commissioned these exclusive jewels to master Peter Carl Fabergé as a gift to the most important women of his life. Many ended up in the hands of his wife, but one in particular was a gift to his mother, Dagmar of Denmark. https://www.tiktok.com/@efenoticias/video/…
The Winter Egg of the Russian Imperial family, considered one of the most beautiful pieces created by the jeweler Fabergé, flew away for the record £22.9 million (26 million euros) at the auction on Tuesday at Christie's in London. ...
It is a finely crafted creation of crystal and diamonds and is considered one of the most beautiful works of the jeweller Carl Fabergé: The so-called Winter Egg has been auctioned in London at a record price of 22.9 million pounds (26 million euros)
Faberge's rare Winter Egg fetches record £22.9M at auction
Fabergé's The Winter Egg sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at Christie's in London, setting a new world auction record. Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913, it is one of 43 surviving Imperial Easter Eggs, prized for its rarity and craftsmanship.
An extremely rare Fabergé egg, made of translucent quartz and studded with diamonds, has found a new owner after 20 years. The 1913 Winter Egg, commissioned by Russian Tsar Nicholas II as a gift for his mother, has been sold for €25.9 million.
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