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The Case of the Counterfeit Eggs
In 1999, while taking a break from my PhD to try to get rich in the fine jewellery business, I nearly became the world’s largest counterfeiter of Fabergé eggs. It all started in Arlington, Texas, where my brothers and I owned several jewellery stores. Boris, an alcoholic Russian ex-pat who’d been with us for years, came into my office one January morning... By Clancy Martin. (Feb. ’09)
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The Story of the Fabergé Egg
What is the most coveted Easter egg of all? That would be the jeweled eggs made by the House of Fabergé. The Russian jewelry design house, which was initially known for its tableware and jewelry designs, garnered a fan in Czar Alexander III thanks to its works on display at the Moscow Pan-Russian...
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Fascinating story! I followed a blog whose owner had a repeating feature called Fabergé Friday. She started off profiling the eggs and segued into other Fabergé jewelry pieces. Definitely worth a look, if looking at antique jewelry pieces is your thing. The Fabergé Fridays start off in the November 2011 archives.
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Thanks for this. It pays to keep up on such things.