I'm skeptical.......with the country in the hands of the corrupt oligarchs, this "find" smells to high heaven.
The collector of many fabulous authentic Faberge eggs--although I believe his heirs sold off some of them----was Malcom Forbes.
I just like any art story, from ancient to contemporary, so I post what I see on FR under Art as a topic. After I finish grading a pile of exams, I hope to explore other avenues for fun art stories and post those.
There was a huge Faberge exhibition here in Richmond in 1996. The Richmond Museum of Fine Arts owns a pretty sizeable collection of Faberge artifacts. But this exhibition in 1996 gathered things from all over the world. It was amazing.
The final part of the exhibition was a "pick the fake" exhibit. There are a lot of good fakes out there.
I am a little skeptical that these are true Faberges.
The largest collector of Faberge Eggs and other memorablia at one time was the Queen of England. I recently read that The Forbes Collection was sold back to Russia.
Curiously, many of the things that were created in the Faberge workshops were sold packaged in Karelian Birch Boxes. I have several pieces myself.