The news sites I frequent failed me on this, because I missed it when it happened back in December. It's certainly a newsworthy event, though, and I thought others here might have also missed it and would want to know about it.
A Faberge Egg was sold at auction on December 2nd. And not just any Egg, but the celebrated Winter Egg.
A rare moment in the world of high jewelry electrified Christie's London on Tuesday, when Faberge's 1913 Imperial Winter Egg achieved a staggering GBP 22.9 million ($30.2 million) -- setting a new world auction record for any Faberge object.
Carved from rock crystal as thin and clear as glass, the egg is overlaid with 4,500 rose-cut diamonds set in platinum. It rests on a sculpted rock-crystal base that resembles a melting block of ice, its surface streaked with diamond-set rivulets that suggest spring's first thaw. Inside lies the signature Faberge "surprise": a delicate basket of white quartz anemones, complete with demantoid garnet pistils and nephrite leaves.
https://www.airesjewelers.com/blog/fierce-bidding-war-sends-faberg-winter-egg-to-302mm-world-auction-recordTo call the Winter Egg beautiful would be a woeful understatement. It's ethereally spectacular and downright captivating.
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