Faberge Eggs

[Taraneh]

I am so glad that finally the Faberge Eggs are going back to Russia.  The Russian person who bought the collection has done a great deal.

[londo954]

I think its great too... I read a recent Faberge Bio that said that some of the original company records had been found and some of teh so called Imperial eggs reclassified.... Is there somewher eon the net where you can get more info
Also does this effect the nine or so eggs by my calcualtions that are unaccounted for ??

[Robert_Hall]

The latest catalogue of the eggs that I am aware of is IMPERIAL EASTER EGGS [Christies 1997] by T. Faberge, et al. This does indeed reclassify some of the eggs as Faberge but not Imperial. Namely the Resurrection egg. This differs somewhat I think with FABERGE [Rizzoli 1979] by von Habsburg-Lothringen, et al.
There may very well be something newer, I had pre-ordered the Sotheby's catalogue, but, alas, that is not to be.

[Nick_Nicholson]

Actually there is a more recent one: Christel McCanless' The Imperial Eggs; A retrospective Encyclopedia.

The Faberge/Skurlov book is the definitive source, but Christel's book has much more information about provenance, sale prices, etc.

Nick

[Robert_Hall]

Thank you Nick, for the McCanless information. I am trying to find the book, but no luck so far. [I have found the 1994 volume though].
With all the book collecting I have done over the years, I am surprised I missed those !
One I am rather fond of: FABERGE:LOST AND FOUND [Snowman 1993]: Although not really about the Imperial eggs, it does have the original design pages of the firms inventory books.

[NAAOTMA]

The book FABERGE LOST AND FOUND is also a favorite of mine. It was the brainchild of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, by the by...Melissa K.

[Sarai_Porretta]

According to the Forbes website, they believe that these two eggs are likely still in Russia.

Here is a good website that states where the 50 Faberge Imperial eggs are (they need to update the Forbes Collection eggs to reflect their recent purchase, though):
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/faberge/flevel_2/flevel2_after_whereabouts.html

[Glebb]

Are the Forbes eggs going back to Russia?

I love visiting the Forbes Magazine Collection (which is free), to see the eggs and other Faberge knickknacks.

I remember seeing very few eggs in the Kremlin Museum.     I do remember something quite interesting though.  It was about three feet high, gold and looked sort of like a bagpipe man.   It held a horn.   I think Faberge copied it for one of his eggs, possibly not Imperial though.  

Is anyone familiar with this "Bagpipe Man"?      

[Patricia Krull]

I was wondering if any of Jim Williams's Faberge eggs,
(Midnight in the garden of good and evil)  that were    
recently auctioned off, ended up in Russia? Anyone?
Thanks,
Patty

[Milli]

Man who bought 9 Faberge eggs it's russian millionaire Wiktor Wekselberg ( bought from Forbs family for 100 mln $) U can see it hier http://info.onet.pl/16572,0,0,1,1,galeria.html

[alessia]

You can find McCanless Encyclopedia (that I have and I think it's wonderful) at the website: http://www.scarecrowpress.com
ciao