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Cracked it: rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg sells for record £22.9m in London

Dubbed the ‘Mona Lisa of the decorative arts’, the work is now the most expensive Fabergé egg ever sold at auction

Anny Shaw
3 December 2025
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The egg was among around 50 commissioned by Russia’s imperial family between 1885 and the eve of the Russian Revolution in 1917

Courtesy of Christie's