Expensive Faberge egg put up for sale
(19 Apr 2002)
April 19, 2002
1. Medium shot auctioneer introduces the Winter Egg
2. Close up Winter Egg on display at auction, rotating in case
3. Wide shot auction room
4. Various auction
5. Close up auctioneer bangs gavel for the final bid on the auction
6. Wide shot applause in room
7. Close up board showing final bid
March 18, 2002 - File
8. Close up basket in hand of Christie's expert Alexis de Tiesenhausen
9. Wide shot de Tiesenhausen with egg and basket
10. Tilt down close up egg
11. SOUNDBITE: (English): Alexis de Tiesenhausen, Head of the Russian Department, Christie's:
"The design for this was far more elaborate, or far more complex, or the idea it's more, how can I put it - exciting. Because, you have to keep in mind, in 1913 it was a tricentenary of the Romanov dynasty, and everybody who was involved in producing gifts for the imperial family tried to do his best."
12. Close up basket
13. Close up de Tiesenhausen opens the egg
14. Close up egg and basket, zoom in to basket
STORYLINE:
The Winter Egg, a Russian Imperial Easter egg produced by the jeweler Carl Faberge, sold for nearly 9.6 (m) million U.S. dollars on Friday.
The egg was acquired by an anonymous telephone bidder against fierce competition.
A Christie's spokesperson said the final price for The Winter Egg exceeded even their highest expectations.
The same egg last sold for 5.6 (m) million U-S dollars at Christie's Geneva in 1994.
Embellished with more than three thousand diamonds, the egg was given by Czar
Nicholas II to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, on Easter 1913.
It contains a basket of delicate spring flowers symbolizing the rebirth and seasonal change associated with Easter.
Faberge created a total of 50 eggs for the Russian royal family between 1885 and 1916. The whereabouts of only 44 of the Imperial eggs is known.
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Пікірлер: 12
You can get a dozen eggs from your local grocery store for 90p
@kapliger
4 жыл бұрын
That's right.
That’s beautiful ❤️ great phone shopping 🛍
If people knew they would appreciate. This egg was designed by an exceptional female jewellery designer being unique amongst the trade at Fabergé's.
i think this is the best faberge egg.beautiful😍
@claudiaxxx853
2 жыл бұрын
Der Russe hat es gekauft
@henrylivingstone2971
2 жыл бұрын
@@claudiaxxx853 Actually the Qatari bought it
Father, why did you not name me anemone.
The sound is much to low
Such a shame it was bought by some Qatari oil Sheik. It belongs in a museum
@henrylivingstone2800
3 жыл бұрын
There’s literally forty other eggs and they’re in museums that should be enough, what difference does it make that a handful are in private collections. It’s not like you or the average museum goer can even tell the difference.
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