Particle.news
Download on the App Store
18 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

Fabergé 'Winter Egg' Sells for Record £22.9 Million at Christie's London

The 1913 imperial masterpiece by Alma Pihl is one of only seven such eggs still in private hands.

Image
Head of Department Margo Organesian looks towards the Winter Egg by Faberge as it is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, it is expected to sell for in excess of 20 million UK Pounds when it is auctioned on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The Winter Egg by Faberge is displayed at Christie's auction rooms in London, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, it is expected to sell for in excess of 20 million UK Pounds when it is auctioned on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Image

Overview

  • The total price with fees reached £22.9 million ($30.2 million) after a £19.5 million hammer, following a brief bidding contest, and the buyer was not identified.
  • The result surpasses the previous Fabergé auction record set by the Rothschild Egg in 2007 and marks the third time the Winter Egg has reset the benchmark.
  • Christie’s offered the piece as the centrepiece of “The Winter Egg and Important Works by Fabergé from a Princely Collection” during its Classic Week in London.
  • Designed by Alma Pihl, the egg is carved from rock crystal with platinum snowflake motifs set with roughly 4,500 rose-cut diamonds and holds a platinum basket of white quartz anemones.
  • Commissioned by Nicholas II for his mother in 1913, the egg was sold by Soviet authorities, bought by Wartski, considered lost until 1994, and last sold at auction in 2002 for $9.6 million.