Fabergé Egg — $30M Reported — Scrap Find

📽️ 📅 2014 Report: A U.S. scrap dealer bought a gold-and-gem Fabergé egg for $14,000 at a junk auction in the American Midwest, nearly melting it for scrap. Identified as a lost imperial Easter egg made in 1887 for Russia's royal family, it was reportedly sold for $30 million, although the specialist involved would not confirm the price.

█ Source video: Bloomberg / YouTube 🔗

█ Additional resources:

• Third Imperial Egg rediscovery (2014) 🔗 — Wartski
• Imperial Egg chronology and provenance 🔗 — Fabergé Research
• Fabergé museum exhibition (2021–2022) 🔗 — Victoria and Albert Museum
• Expert interview and video (2014) 🔗 — The Jewellery Editor

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1. Identify: Photograph all sides, marks, materials, dimensions, mechanisms and any provenance. Do not assume an ornate egg is Fabergé.
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