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Christie's

Art business and fine arts auction house

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Dec 3, 2025
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what is known of the seven missing Fabergé imperial eggs?

Seven of the 50 Imperial Fabergé eggs remain unlocated; experts and mainstream reporting treat those seven as “missing” while 43 are accounted for in museums or private collections . Recent coverage o...

Dec 4, 2025
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Were any artworks connected to Epstein sold at public auctions and which auction houses handled them?

Public auction records show many artists named Epstein — including Jacob Epstein (1880–1959 and a different Jacob Epstein born 1921), Mitch Epstein and several others — have works repeatedly offered a...

Dec 3, 2025
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Where are the known imperial Fabergé eggs currently located or displayed?

Forty‑three of the Imperial Fabergé eggs made for the Russian imperial family are reported surviving, with many held by museums and only a handful in private hands; recent reporting notes the Winter E...

Dec 3, 2025

How many imperial Fabergé eggs were created and how many survive today?

The House of Fabergé produced a celebrated run of 50 Imperial Easter eggs for the Russian imperial family between 1885 and 1916; contemporary accounts and Fabergé’s own catalogue tradition treat that ...

Dec 3, 2025

Have any of the missing Fabergé eggs surfaced at auction or in private collections in recent decades?

Several Imperial Fabergé eggs long thought missing have resurfaced in private hands and at auction over the past decades — most recently the 1913 “Winter Egg,” sold at Christie’s in London for a recor...

Jan 7, 2026

How did Jeffrey Epstein use shell companies to purchase properties and art?

Jeffrey Epstein built a complex web of offshore and domestic shell companies and trusts that obscured ownership of real estate, islands, aircraft and art, allowing purchases to be made in names other ...

Dec 5, 2025

What methods are experts using today to authenticate and search for the missing Fabergé imperial eggs?

Experts today authenticate Fabergé imperial eggs by combining traditional connoisseurship—provenance research and comparative visual study—with scientific tests like metal and gemstone analysis; only ...

Dec 3, 2025

Are there official maker's records or archives from the House of Fabergé detailing each imperial egg?

There is no single, sealed “maker’s archive” published by the original House of Fabergé that comprehensively lists every Imperial Egg; researchers rely on a mix of Fabergé’s invoices and notebooks, im...

Dec 3, 2025

are there records of all Fabergé imperial eggs that were made?

Authoritative Fabergé sources and contemporary reporting agree that the House of Fabergé produced 50 Imperial Easter eggs for the Russian imperial family between 1885 and 1916, and reporting around th...