Sotheby's is looking for a Faberge egg Bashny.Net

In Britain, the search takes place one of the House of Faberge Easter eggs, traces of which were lost 90 years ago. It is believed that this masterpiece of the jeweler's art prepodnёs Emperor Alexander III as an Easter gift for his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1887. Egg is made of gold and richly decorated with precious stones; It surrounds him wreaths of leaves and roses, inlaid with diamonds, but complement it all the splendor of a brilliant three large sapphire. Inside the hidden Swiss clockwork from the manufacture Vacheron & Constantin. In 1917, the Bolsheviks expropriated the treasure. The last mention of him in Russia is found in the inventory of 1922. As believed art, a masterpiece was savagely sawed for precious metals, as well as many other works that have fallen into the hands of the rebels. Only in the 60s traces of the missing eggs were found in the New World. Fans of art discovered Faberge familiar object in the catalog of the auction house Parke Bernet (later it absorbed Sotheby's). He went under the hammer in 1964 as a simple piece of jewelry, as the manufacturer which means a "Clark." Royal gift was sold for ridiculous money - $ 2 450. Auction house Sotheby's recently announced a search for the missing treasure, which is believed to be somewhere in Britain. Most likely, the current owners do not even know the true value of the eggs. According to estimates of experts, today the cost is about £ 20 million.