Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $79,880
98%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 98%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: fabergeeggs

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Fabled Trove of Fabergé Eggs Goes to Auction, Jewels and All

    01/08/2004 9:40:08 PM PST · by sarcasm · 21 replies · 1,212+ views
    The New York Times ^ | January 9, 2004 | CAROL VOGEL
    he last pieces of a legendary collection, the nine Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs from Czarist Russia acquired over a lifetime by Malcolm Forbes, the publishing magnate, are to be sold at Sotheby's in New York in April, the auction house announced yesterday.The collection, second in size only to the 10 in the Kremlin, will be offered along with 180 other Fabergé objects from the Forbes holdings. Together they are expected to sell for at least $90 million, at a time when the market for them seems receptive.Many Americans are passionate collectors of Fabergé, but there is also a growing number...