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Salvo Llp • July 2010
Friday, November 30, 2007
Faberge egg sells for record £9 million
Above: Faberge Egg selling at Christies for £9 million
Christies, London UK
A rare Faberge egg which had been in the Rothschild family for more than a century sold for £9 million at a Christies Auction breaking three world records. The egg topped with a diamond studded cockerel was the highest Faberge work of art breaking the record for the most expensive Russian artwork, excluding painting and the most expensive time piece ever sold.
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