$33 million Faberge Egg discovered by scrap metal dealer

upi ^ | March. 19, 2014

[dalereed]

“Why would ANYONE want to melt down that (obviously) high end clock?”

i would have,for the gold, it’s a useless piece of antique crap!

Anything I haven’t used in 6 months goes in the trash.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, then you would have lost more than $32 million. The gold and jewels wouldn’t have brought $1 million at their highest prices.

The scrap dealer paid $13,000+ for it in the first place.

May I take out your trash?

[dalereed]

The thing is a piece of junk, if it even works you probably would have to wind to make it work!

[SunkenCiv]

Even more rare are the Faberge omelets. Thanks RB!

[1010RD]

Was the antiques dealer legit?

[Bigg Red]

I’m sorry, but that thing does nothing for me. Call me a philistine.

As to the scrap metal dealer’s “partner”, what’s up with that?

[Bigg Red]

Well, let’s hope he can repel the IRS agents should they decide to rappel onto his roof.

[skeeter]

I try to learn something new about the english language every day. And there it is.

[JoeProBono]

[billorites]

I dunno.
Guess I'm more of a lEgg man.

[Doomonyou]

Expect Putin’s goons to show up soon demanding it back.

And Obama will give it to him.

[a fool in paradise]

He paid $13,000 for a “scrap metal” egg? I ain’t buying that story.

[a fool in paradise]

Scrap metal dealers are sometimes knowing fences for pilfered metals.

A high end prize may draw too much attention, best to melt it down for scrap.

[GeronL]

Unless it was part of a big load of scrap

[bert]

no, not tacky, a masterpiece of the metalsmith (gold smith) art.

The watch and watch case aside, the egg is fluted on the exterior but smooth on the interior meaning it is made in two sections that have been mated with perfect dimensional accuracy. Furthermore it was done twice, at the top and the bottom sections that are hinged together.

Then there is the stand cast from a different alloy that shows the great art and dimensional control that went into the carving of the wax models used in the casting process.

Although an overused term, awesome is a much better desriptive than tacky

[a fool in paradise]

He eats in diners and is a “blue collar joe” but he wanders around dusty antique stores dropping $13,000 for a small piece of scrap metal. Nope. Ain’t buyin’ it.

[GeronL]

I agree, a very suspicious story

[dfwgator]

Guess I'm more of a lEgg man.

I'm an ass man. At least that's what everyone says to me...."You're an ass, man."

[billorites]

[Mr. K]

on ebay that would fetch a fortune