These Fabergé eggs survived revolutions, smuggling, world wars, and the scariest of them all — the auction block.
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Tsar Nicholas' Faberge Egg Heads to Auction with $26M Tag
A rare piece of history is soon to be auctioned off—a Faberge egg once belonging to Russia's Tsar Nicholas II and his royal family. This exquisite artifact, which comes with an astounding $26 million ...
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How Tsar Nicholas II’s choices drew Russia into the First World War
In the summer of 1914, Nicholas II struggled between defending Serbia and avoiding a wider conflict, only to be trapped by ...
A world record for a Faberge egg has been set with the £22.9-million auction sale of the Winter Egg in London this week. Find ...
On December 2, Christie’s set a new world auction record for Fabergé—the third in its history—after hammering the Winter Egg, ...
More Russian than this it does not get: Tsar Nicholas II had renowned Fabergé designer Alma Pihl craft the egg for his mother, the Dowager Empress, as an Easter present in 1913. Here, the backstory.
The Imperial Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II from Fabergé as a gift for his mother, the Dowager Empress ...
Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for Russia’s czars. The Winter Egg, sold on Tuesday, is considered ...
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