In the summer of 1914, Nicholas II struggled between defending Serbia and avoiding a wider conflict, only to be trapped by ...

The Winter Egg’s record stood until 2007, when the Rothschild Egg, a dazzling 1902 specimen featuring a clock and an ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution is going up for auction, valued at more than 20 million pounds ($26.4 ...

On December 2, Christie’s set a new world auction record for Fabergé—the third in its history—after hammering the Winter Egg, ...

One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold on Tuesday, breaking its own record as the most expensive work by the ...

The Imperial Winter Egg was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II from Fabergé as a gift for his mother, the Dowager Empress ...

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.

Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for Russia’s czars. The Winter Egg, sold on Tuesday, is considered ...

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 ...

Left: Tsar Nicholas II, the last reigning Emperor of Russia, photographed in 1912. Centre: Detail from a mosaic of Marco Polo, displayed in Genoa's Palazzo Doria-Tursi. Right: Detail from a sculpted ...

Do you remember observing Diana Spencer or more lately Kate Middleton on TV? If so, you will appreciate the sense of loss felt by earlier royals-watchers. At the start of the 20th century they ...