Faberge eggs in Russia are in the Armory, in the private collection of Vekselberg, in the A. E. Fersman of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian National Museum, opened by Alexander Ivanov. In the last place, you can see the most expensive Faberge egg.
Everyone who has heard the name of Faberge imagines expensive jewelry that was highly valued even by the royal people. Among the clients of Carl Faberge were kings and queens of Spain, England, Italy, Greece, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Siam. The Russian royal family ordered 56 eggs. He especially appreciated the talent of the jeweler Nicholas II, who, on the eve of each Easter, ordered 2 eggs and presented them to his wife and mother.
The success of the Fabergé jewelry company
Fabergé's workshop, after being headed by Karl, turned from a modest premises, which few people knew about, into one of the most popular places in St. Petersburg. The grand dukes came here every day to see what the jeweler had invented new.
For 32 years of work, Carl Faberge created about 70 jewelry eggs, 56 for the royal family and 14 for private collections. If a few years ago experts believed that the most exquisite and expensive products were made by Faberge for the royal court, then in November 2007 they had to change their minds, a product from a private collection - the Rothschild egg - was exhibited at the auction.
The Rothschild egg is the most expensive Fabergé product
This egg was ordered by Maurice Ephrussia to present to his brother-in-law Edward Rothschild for his wedding. From the moment of its creation, it was kept in the Rothschild family and was his property, in 2007 it was put up for auction in London and bought by the Russian collector Alexander Ivanov for a record cost of $ 18.5 million.
This product consists of a watch and a surprise; every hour a golden cockerel encrusted with diamonds is shown from an egg. To decorate the egg, Faberge used pink enamel. Modern experts call the Rothschild egg a perfect mechanism and a work of art.
Carl Faberge made two more similar eggs: "Chauntecleer", which Alexander Kelkh, a famous gold miner, ordered for his private collection, and "Cockerel" for the collection of the royal family.
Cost of other Faberge eggs
In 2003, the Winter Egg, which was considered the most expensive at the time, was sold at an exhibition in London. It was bought by an Arab sheikh for $ 9.6 million. Viktor Vekselberg became the owner of the Forbes collection, consisting of 9 eggs, the sum of all items is $ 100 million.
The Rothschild egg is the most expensive Faberge product, but the exact number of products, their location and prices are still unknown. Interestingly, the Rothschild egg was included in the list of the most expensive Russian works of art, and it is estimated more expensive than the creations of Chagall and Malevich.
