Newsletter 2025 Fall and Winter

• Fabergé Symposium – Spring 2027
• Three Major Fabergé Auctions
  • Christie’s London (December 2, 2025)
  • Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas (December 17, 2025)
  • Sotheby’s New York (December 18, 2025)
• Dealers

• Auctions
• Exhibitions & Museums
• Publications

Fabergé Imperial Presentation Cigarette Cases Purchased by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
for 350 Rubles in 1897 and Empress Maria Feodorovna for 775 Rubles in 1899
(Courtesy McFerrin Collection, Houston, Texas)

Join scholars, collectors, dealers, and Fabergé enthusiasts for a Fabergé Symposium to be held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas. A fascinating selection from the 600 objects in the Artie and Dorothy McFerrin Fabergé and Russian Collection is on view – Fabergé: A Celebration of Masterful Craftsmanship and Innovation, including the 1892 Diamond Trellis Egg, 1902 Kelch Rocaille Egg, and 1913 Nobel Ice Egg, Fabergé tiaras, and much more.

If you are working on an interesting research project in the Fabergé field consider sharing a PowerPoint presentation at the symposium a year from now, and collectors may wish to share new research about their Fabergé collecting passions. Timothy Adams, a frequent Fabergé Research Newsletter contributor, is eager to hear from you with ideas.

A special THANK YOU to the many Fabergé Research Newsletter readers, who shared a huge assortment of much-appreciated publications, photographs, and their favorite Fabergé auction lots for this newsletter issue.

Christie’s London, December 2, 2025, Fabergé Winter Egg (Lot 7)
Christie’s Sale Report¹ has on-site snapshots from the London Winter Egg auction. Fabergé enthusiasts not present in London for the Christie’s auction were able to register with the auction house, and then view the sale on their own computers from anywhere in the world. The Winter Egg (Lot 7) and the Wigström Design Album (Lot 48) were among the mentioned highlights.

(A.) Fabergé admirers viewed the Winter Egg (Lot 7) during advance
showings in Dubai, Hong Kong, and New York City before
November 27, 2025, when the egg was unveiled for
public viewing in London.

(B.) Newsletter contributors, Toby Faber and Katrina Warne, shared their
Winter Egg photographs exhibited in London from November 27 until
Christie’s auction day on December 2, 2025.

(C.) Auction of an exhibition poster for
the Fabergé Winter Egg on view in 1997
at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
(Hagelstam & Co., Helsinki, Finland,
December 10, 2025, Lot 4010,
Estimate €150)

• The Winter Egg and Important Works by Fabergé from a Princely Collection auction catalog with detailed historical research was only published on Christie’s website, and no hard copy catalogs were for sale. The egg is “adorned with more than 4,000 diamonds, and opens to reveal wood anemones (D.) finely carved from white quartz, the Winter Egg is among the most lavish and artistically inventive of the 50 imperial eggs made by the House of Fabergé.”²
  

  (D.) Fabergé Winter Egg surprise designed
  by Alma Pihl, workmaster Albert
  Holmström³. Commissioned by
  Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) for
  an Easter gift to his mother, Dowager
  Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928),
  St. Petersburg, April 13, 1913,
  24,600 rubles.
  (Courtesy Christie’s London)

  

  

  Wood Anemones (also known as snowdrops), native spring flowers grow in large areas in shady Russian forests, and many
  other countries in the world. (Gardener’s Path) In Fabergé documents, the flowers are called “snowdrops.” However, botanically,
  the stone flowers in the basket are wood anemones, Anemone nemorosa L. (‘Anemone’ means ‘daughter of the winds.’)
  Подснежники = Snowdrops = (Wood anemones)
  (Courtesy Riana Benko, Slovenia)
• The Winter Egg (Lot 7) has a long list of research details — provenances (1913-2002), exhibitions (1926-2022), literature citations (1927-2021), and research with more historical details. Of particular interest to Fabergé researchers is the Winter Egg’s lengthy bibliography, a variety of 14 close-up photographs, and the sale results⁴ with the buyer’s premium and four unsold objects (Lot 23, gueridon table, Lots 24 and Lot 32, brick match holders⁵, and Lot 43 fruitwood spoon).
  

  (E.) 10 Things to Know about Fabergé, an essential guide to the legendary jewelry house and its creations — from the iconic eggs to
  flowers and figurines — plus the distinctive styles of its various branches and master artisans.
  (November 3, 2025, edition also published by Christie’s London with other dates.)
• Andre Ruznikov discusses the Winter Egg in his short essay, Will It Sell? (December 1, 2025)
• Fabergé Egg on the Wikipedia website with a total of 52 (sic)⁶ eggs features Fabergé eggs in detail with photographs. Unfortunately, there are no photographs shown for the Winter Egg in the informative summary chart!
• The 2025 auction results for the 1913 Winter Egg has been updated on the Fabergé Research Site.

Five lots out of 48 objects in the Christie’s London auction are not by Fabergé. Potential bidders for the Winter Egg were cleared in advance. On-site in the Christie’s auction room there was only one bid for the egg. The auctioneer described the Winter Egg, searched for bidders in the audience, and very quickly the auction was over⁷, when the auctioneer’s hammer came down in favor of the only bidder present on site, and the hammer price (F.) appeared on the Currency Board.

(F.) Auction Room Snapshot of the Currency Board with World-wide Hammer Prices. Lot 7, the Winter Egg
realized USD $25,759,500, as the Delighted Auctioneer, Yü-Ge Wang, Announces the Final Results.
(Courtesy Christie’s London)

Please note: On the bottom of each Christie’s electronic web page is a statement referring to a lengthy set of regulations summarized at the end of the electronic catalog about the total sale price a successful bidder must pay.

The Winter Egg web page did not list a Christie’s estimate which all the other objects have at the end of their object description with estimates in GBP (Great British Pounds), USD (US Dollars), and € (Euros). For the Winter Egg the note was simply “Estimate on Request”.

The next question among worldwide Fabergé enthusiasts attending the auction in house and electronically worldwide was:

Greg Daubney, a research contributor to the Fabergé Research Newsletter, using his artistic talents, and with a twinkle in his eye shared the news about the new home for the 1913 Winter Egg treasure (G.) with a cadre of Fabergé enthusiasts worldwide, and later the website (G.1) of Wartski, London jeweler, confirmed the dealers’ exciting news!

(G.) “Mild panic at Wartski’s after Kieran’s latest purchase arrives” by Artist Greg Daubney (UK). Illustration permission
courtesy of Kieran McCarthy, Co-Director of Wartski, jewelry store in London, founded in North Wales in 1865.

(G.1) “The legendary Winter Egg has returned to
Wartski, 100 years after Emmanuel Snowman
[1886-1920] first brought it to us from
Bolshevik Russia.”
(Courtesy Wartski)

Ahead of the December 2 auction, Google summaries and newsletter readers alerted me in just two days to 30+ published articles on the topic of “Fabergé/Winter Egg”. Many of the article headlines included estimates for the possible Winter Egg sale price in dollars, i.e., “…expected to sell for over $26 million, $27 million, $40 million, or £20 million…”

CNNstyle⁹ with a date line of December 2, 2025 (the actual auction date), published their news summary:

The new historical research data for the Winter Egg provenance published on the Christie’s electronic web page is an excellent addition to the details published in two earlier reference resources – a hard-copy book, Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia (2001)¹¹. Since 2009, the data with expanded provenance details supplementing the 2025 Christie’s details have been available via electronic access (Winter Egg Imperial Egg Chronology from 1913-2009) on the Fabergé Research Site (published 2008 to the present):

• April 14 (OS), 1913. Would have been presented to Marie Feodorovna, a gift from Nicholas II; cost 24,600 rubles (Editor’s note: $299,173 in 2014-dollar terms). Apparently housed in the Anichkov Palace
• September 16-20 (OS), 1917. One of forty or so eggs sent to the Armoury Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow by the Kerensky Provisional Government for safekeeping
• February-March 1922. Transferred to the Sovnarkom, the Council of People’s Commissars
• ca. 1925. Transferred to the Antikvariat (Trade Department)
• ca. 1927. One of nine Imperial eggs sold by the Antikvariat, Moscow, to Emanuel Snowman of Wartski, for £450
• March 12, 1934. Transferred from Wartski London
• March 8, 1934. Sold to Lord Alington [sic], London landowner, UK, for £1500
• June 1935. Owned anonymously
• May 10, 1948. Owned by the late Sir Bernard Eckstein, sugar & cotton millionaire, UK
• February 8, 1949. Lot 128 sold by Sotheby’s (London) from the Collection of the late Sir Bernard Eckstein, UK, to Arthur Bryan Ledbrook, UK, for £1,870 (£1,700 plus 10 percent buyer’s premium); $5,236 (Editor’s note: About $299,173 in 2014 terms. Bryan Ledbrook was, according to A. Kenneth Snowman, “a magpie collector who used to keep the Egg in his Pimlico, London, garage.” The Winter Egg disappeared about 1975 after Mr. Ledbrook died.)
• 1993. Located in a shoebox under a bed in London’s Belgravia by a Sydney-based fine arts dealer
• November 16, 1994. Only lot sold by Christie’s (Geneva) on behalf of an Australian syndicate headed by Melbourne jeweler, Roy Martin to telephone bidder, Gary Hansen of St. Louis, Missouri, acting for a U.S. buyer, for SFr 7,263,500; $5,587,308; £3,560,539
• April 19, 2002. Lot 150 sold by Christie’s (New York) on behalf of an anonymous U.S. vendor to Sheikh Saud Al-Thani of Qatar for $9,579,500, including a buyer’s premium
• 2009. Owned by the Qatar Authority of Museums

Christie’s London, December 2, 2025, Design Album from the Workshop of Henrik Wigström (Lot 48)
The latest Fabergé Research Newsletter (Summer 2025) included the news that on August 12, 2025, the modern Fabergé firm’s name by Gemfields (J.), “the brand that sells jewellery and objets d’art through its website, boutiques and via international wholesale partners” was sold for $50 million to Sergei Mosunov of Fabergé UK Limited, a U.S. based part of SMG Capital LLC. The original 1842 Fabergé firm in St. Petersburg, Russia, and its branches have been out of business since 1918 (over 100 years), and the modern successors of the firm and its trade name have been through several owners over the years. Timothy Adams (USA) used AI/Artificial Intelligence (J.) to gather and share data about the history and use of the Fabergé name. A brief summary of the chart suggests dates and ownerships from 1937 to the 2025 sale.

Lot 48 an original AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND RARE DESIGN ALBUM FROM THE WORKSHOP OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG (1911-1916) at the Christie’s London Winter Egg auction sold for £508,000/$600,000 (auction house low estimate was, £500,000-800,000), to the new owner, Sergey Mosunov, after he had spent $50 million in August 2025 to acquire the existing modern Fabergé firm.

Fabergé researchers have been familiar with the content of an amazing Fabergé reference book (I.) since a Finnish Fabergé scholar, Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, and other dedicated Fabergé research associates, had the privilege of studying the Wigström album in a private collection. Together with a Fabergé exhibition, the monograph entitled Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop was published in 2000.

(I.) Original Fabergé Firm Existed from 1842-1918 Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla, et al. Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, 2000. (Source: Selected Fabergé Bibliography, Fabergé Research Newsletter)

(J.) Key Owners and Custodians of the Fabergé Name over the Years (Source: Timothy Adams (USA) Using AI/Artificial Intelligence to gather the historical data below from the Internet, 2025)

(Left:) “Documentation of Fabergé techniques were scarce until the recent discovery of an album with more than 1,000 drawings from the workshop of Henrik Wigström, Fabergé’s chief work master from 1903-1917. Objects, which have been identified, are reproduced next to the original drawings. Monograph in a slipcase accompanied an A La Vieille Russie exhibition of over 100 finished objects including loans from the Royal Collection of Thailand, 2000. Foreword by A. Kenneth Snowman | Preface by Peter L. Schaffer | Henrik Wigström, Portrait of a Master Goldsmith by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Patrons of Prestige – The Clientele of Fabergé by Ulla-Tillander-Godenhielm | Fabergé and the Royal Collection of Thailand by Peter L. Schaffer | The Triumph of Style: An Analysis of the Master’s Designs by Alice Milica Ilich | Images of St. Petersburg and the Art of Carl Fabergé by Mark A. Schaffer | List of Plates and Drawings.” (Right:) A comparable Wigström owl model to the design sketch (K.) was on the auction market (Christie’s London, November 20, 2021, Lot 3) in the Harry Woolf Sale, Sold for GBP 60,000 (Design Sketch – Tillander-Godenhielm, 2000, p. 51)

Key owners and custodians of the Fabergé name include: House of Fabergé (1842-1918): Founded by Gustav Fabergé and famously run by Peter Carl Fabergé in Saint Petersburg. Samuel Rubin (1937-1964): An American businessman who purchased the rights to use the name for perfumes, launching Fabergé Inc. Rayette Inc. / Fabergé Inc. (1964-1984): Acquired by George Barrie, this company expanded the brand into cosmetics and cologne (Brut). Unilever (1989-2007): Purchased the cosmetics company Fabergé, Inc in 1989. Additionally, Victor Mayer (1998-2009) produced authorized Fabergé eggs under license from Unilever. Fabergé Limited / Pallinghurst Resources (2007-2013): Acquired the rights from Unilever to return the brand to its high-jewelry roots. Gemfields (2013-2025): Acquired Fabergé Limited to align the brand with its coloured gemstone business. SMG Capital LLC (2025-Present): A USA based investment company that aquired Fabergé Limited for $50 million.

For Fabergé collectors, a comparison of original Fabergé objects (K.) and the modern Fabergé UK Limited objects (L.) is of interest.

(K.) Lot 4, Original Fabergé Jeweled and Gold‑Mounted Hardstone Model of a Cockerel (£254,000) Right: Original
1911 Fabergé Design Sketch. (Henrik Wigström (1862-1923) – workmaster mark H.W. – active 1903-1917).
Illustrated in the Design Album.
(Christie’s London, December 2, 2025, Lot 48)

(L.) Fabergé x Gemfields Essence Rose Gold Ruby Heart Surprise Locket and
Their Insignia for Modern Fabergé (Faberge UK Limited) The website of
Faberge UK Limited announced “The Wigström Design Album Joins Our Collection.”

ENDNOTES:

1	Andre Ruznikov in Christie’s Sale Report, January 4, 2026, discusses a variety of Fabergé auction lots under the hammer.
2	Gifted by Emperor Nicholas II to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna on Easter Day, 1913: The Winter Egg November 10, 2025.
3	Albert Holmström, son of August Holmström, continued using his father’s mark AH – active 1903-1917. (Fabergé Research Site, Workmasters)
4	Prices realized only. Thank you for Emmanuel Ryz’s patience in sharing snapshots of the individual hammer price results from the currency boards before the buyer’s premiums were added.
5	Details for this unique type of Fabergé objects are in a scholarly research study, “Fabergé Brick Table Match Holders/Strikers” by Christel Ludewig McCanless (USA) and Riana Benko (Slovenia), Fabergé Research NewsLetter, Spring and Summer 2019.
6	Fabergé scholars use the total number 50 eggs in most of their discussions. There are a few other egg illustrations missing on this very extensive website.
7	Published results claimed it was one minute, two minutes, and even eight minutes before the hammer came down.
8	London Conditions of Sale Buying at Christie’s.
9	Cable News Network (CNN) founded as a 24-hour television news channel by Ted Turner in 1980.
10	Crow, Kelly, “The Art Market Stages Comeback”, Wall Street Journal, Business and Finance, December 18, 2025, A1, B1, and B11.
11	Lowes, Will, and Christel Ludewig McCanless, Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, 2001, pp. 122-123, and with an updated provenance on the Fabergé Research Site, Winter Egg.
12	“Fabergé Sold for £37 Million” [$50 million] – “Gemfields will part ways with one of the world’s most renowned names in luxury to expense and focus on other projects.” (Professional Jeweller, UK, August 12, 2025.)
13	Financial Times, November 13, 2025.

Seventy Fabergé lots yielded $2.94 million at the Heritage Auctions (HA) event.

Unusual customer-service oriented techniques:

1. Below the provenance details cited with an auction lot in the Heritage catalog (published hard copy) Fabergé scholars are thanked “for their assistance in the research for this lot”.
2. ‘Make Offer to Owner’ note on objects sold at Heritage Auctions allows collectors to make post-sale offers on any lot ever sold through the auction house. These offers are passed on to any current owners interested in participating in the initiative. (Details courtesy Nick Nicholson, HA)

Highlights from the Heritage Auction

(A.) Lot 69018: Enamel Pill Box with its stock number 18223
and a presentation box

Exciting research discovery: “Though the offered lot has
appeared at auction before, the inventory number had never
been accurately transcribed. A conservation cleaning to
this piece revealed the full and correct inventory number
18223, which allowed confirmation that the work was
acquired by the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna on
Valentine’s Day, 1909 from Fabergé’s St. Petersburg
premises.”

[Ed. Note: This holly wood presentation box closure
deviates from the boxes shown in (C.), and the essays in
the Fabergé Research Newsletter, Summer 2022.
HA auction staff advises the details are furnished in a
condition report which is available upon request
before the auction.]

(B.) Lot 69020: Heart-shaped Picture Frame with its stock number 9164.

[Ed. Note: The descriptors –inventory number and stock number are used
interchangeably in modern research to identify the scratch numbers on
Fabergé objects. They are the key to finding original archival data
relating to an object.]

(C.) Lot 69062: Empty Fabergé Presentation Cases

The Fabergé Research Newsletter, Summer 2022, has a series of articles on how to
identify the imprints on the lid’s silk lining, the types of wood, leather, etc., and
other details such as the closures to tell the history, time period, and in what
Fabergé branch location an object was made.

What – Nearly 50 Fabergé objects¹ achieved $2 million during Sotheby’s New York, December 18, 2025, auction. “Swinging on a Star: The Private Collection of Kathryn and Bing Crosby” (details for all lots) and its overview offer an intimate glimpse into the lives, loves, and legacies of two Hollywood legends whose careers helped shape the golden age of American entertainment in music and movies from 1926-1977.

Where – Sotheby’s New York new location in the re-modeled Breuer Building (formerly Whitney Museum of American Art) on the Museum Mile, Manhattan District of New York City.

When – December 18, 2025

Who – Kathryn Grant (1933–2024) and Bing Crosby (1903–1977) were married from October 24, 1957, until Bing’s death in 1977, sharing a close relationship and three children, though they had a significant age difference (Bing was 54, Kathryn was 23 at their wedding). Their marriage lasted 20 years, until Bing passed away from a heart attack in Spain, and Kathryn lived to be 90, passing away in 2024.

Why – Estate of the collectors described by Harry Crosby²:

How – The presentation of the various types of objects (art, movie and stage props, songs, Fabergé objects +++) from the Crosby Estate by Helen Culver Smith, Sotheby’s International Head of Decorative Arts, Global Head of Russian Works of Art in London, and her colleagues, is fascinating and unique.

(A.) Examples from the Crosby Collection of Fabergé Objects at Auction. Two Fabergé animals – the
large aventurine quartz lion went for $317,500 and the little blue diamond and sapphire mouse sold for
$355,600, both with buyer’s premium added. They sold collectively for more than $650,000 [$673,100].
(Kathryn Crosby Fabergé Collection, Sotheby’s New York, December 18, 2025)

(B.) Lot 77, Fabergé Jeweled Aventurine Quartz
Model of a Lion (8 1/2 inches tall), St.
Petersburg, Circa 1916 (Estimate 300,000
– 500,000 USD, Sold for $317,500)

(C.) Lot 74, Fabergé Jeweled Silver-Gilt Rose
Ribbon Enamel Pill Box, Workmaster Henrik
Wigström, St Petersburg, 1904-1908 (Estimate
30,000 – 50,000, Sold for $152,400)

(D.) Lot 76, Fabergé Jeweled Sapphire Model of a Mouse,
St. Petersburg, Circa 1900 (Estimate 30,000 – 50,000 USD,
Sold for $355,600). Excellent descriptive article by Neha
Tandom Sharma with this headline, “The world’s most
expensive rodent just sold at Sotheby’s New York for an
eye-watering $355,600 as a mystery bidder paid five [5]
times the asking price for the rare 1900s Fabergé
sapphire carving from a celebrity estate”. Published
on December 19, 2025.

Andre Ruzhnikov, Fabergé clock enthusiast and dealer in his article, Not Quite All Quiet on the Russian Art Front (January 15, 2025) shares some results on clocks from the Sotheby’s auction, December 18, 2025.

(E.) Another Perkhin clock, again with red guilloché
enamel but this time circular in shape, as the
sale’s top Fabergé price with £139,700
(Lot 124, est. £120-180,000).

(F.) Square Perkhin clock with pale blue enamel
fetched £78,740 (Lot 122, est. £60-80,000).
(Illustrations Sotheby’s London,
Captions Andre Ruzhnikov, UK)

(G.) The sale’s anticipated Fabergé highlight,
a triangular silver-gilt and red guilloché
enamel desk-clock by Mikhail Perkhin, went
unsold against an estimate of £150-250,000
(Lot 125).

Andre Ruzhnikov in his website article, From Bearberries to Harrods: Russian Works of Art at Auction 2025, highlights objects from all three Fabergé auctions discussed above, publication date is February 23, 2026.

Research Note:
[Ed. Note: Unfortunately, another website article had some confusion on their published facts.]

• London, Bentley and Skinner features 33 Fabergé objects.
• London, Wartski offers 46 Fabergé objects, and a recently discovered Fabergé Egyptian-Themed Cloak Clasp displayed for the first time at the TEFAF Art Fair in Maastricht, Netherlands, March 2026.
• New York City, A La Vieille Russie showcases 12 Fabergé objects. Other news: Auction of Imperial Porcelain and Russian Works of Art from the Collection of A La Vieille Russie (December 16, 2025) with a hard copy catalog at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas included many historical objects (no Fabergé at auction) shared by the dealer for major Russian and Fabergé exhibitions from 1983-2000. The catalog includes a comprehensive history of the A La Vieille Russie family jewelry shop from 1851 to the present written by Nick Nicholson, Director, Russian Works of Art, Heritage Auctions.
• London, Ruzhnikov Fine Art & Antiques showcases 97 Fabergé objects along with active Publications (Fabergé, Silver and Enamels) and News and Reviews segments on his website.
• Chicago, Romanov Russia. Photographs and details for a Silver Hunting Trophy by Fabergé, and a variety of miniature Fabergé objects. (Courtesy Hervey Priddy, USA)
• New York City, Doyle (past lots) sells direct and through auctions with the sale price and its estimation posted on their Fabergé results page. In describing an object, the staff uses descriptors such as in the style of, modern, etc. to distinguish objects from original Fabergé creations.

• Jeffrey Eger, a long-time dealer of research materials and reader of the Fabergé Research Newsletter, with his enthusiasm and knowledge supported Fabergé art history research projects for many years. His latest news is –
  “After 29 years of building an outstanding art reference collection, I am selling my business, Jeffrey Eger Auction Catalogues, and offering duplicate material from my holdings. Fabergé Research Newsletter contributors and readers are invited to purchase auction, exhibition, dealer catalogs, periodicals, and scholarly books at discounted prices. You are invited to view my Russian and Fabergé-related inventory and contact me directly to secure materials of interest to you.”

  We wish Jeffrey and Tyler the best of luck – many of us have happy memories of hunting for special auction catalogs in your HUGE warehouse full of Fabergé resources and more!!!

• Christie’s London on its Articles web page features the Winter Egg (video and article), the Harry Woolf collection (video), Joan Rivers Fabergé collection (article), and a video dating back to 2019, “5 Minutes with… A Fabergé Aquamarine and Diamond Tiara”.
• Sotheby’s features a web page with lots of descriptive data and prices sold for 985 Fabergé frames sold over the years.
• Andre Ruzhnikov, a British dealer specializing in Fabergé, reviews a rooster at auction in an original Fabergé presentation box with 60+ photographs including many duplicates (at newsletter press time original auction details are no longer on the web), in “Three Sales – Savoury Snack”, January 14, 2026 (Mr. Munn’s first name is Geoffrey), and cautions about “A Confusing Fabergé Mess of Marks“, March 16, 2026.

• The exhibition, The Edwardians: Age of Elegance, after a successful run in London will open at The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 24 – 6 December 2026. “It explores the glitzy world of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen Mary … Visitors will see works from the Royal Collection by many of the period’s most celebrated names, including Fabergé, Tiffany & Co, … Fabergé enthusiasts who traveled to London in the Fall of 2025 enjoyed the venue very much – a few snapshots.
• The only other recently updated Fabergé and Russian art exhibition in a museum setting, Fabergé: Eggs and Timeless Treasures, is at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Dallas, Texas. Details are being explored for a Fabergé Symposium to be held at the museum in the Spring of 2027 in Houston, Texas.
  
  A decade ago, successful symposiums have been held in connection with large Fabergé collections. A summary of the events and the research presentations are available in previous Fabergé Research Newsletters:
  • Fabergé Symposiums: A Look Back and into the Future (Christel Ludewig McCanless) Winter 16
  • Houston, Texas Winter 12-13 | Winter 16
  • Richmond, Virginia Summer 11 (Special Edition) | Fall and Winter 18
  • St. Petersburg, Russia Fall 14 | Summer 18

Andre Ruzhnikov has converted all his research presentations to flipbooks – easily read on the spot – his latest project is on a Nephrite and Silver Desk Clock.

‘…A remarkable group of Fabergé tiaras … A photograph of three together is
unprecedented…’ Geoffrey C. Munn
(Photograph Courtesy Wartski, Fabergé Research Newsletter, Spring 2013)

Arikawa, Kazumi, and Diana Scarisbrick,
Divine Jewels: The Pursuit of Beauty, 2024,
p. 279 (Between Heaven and Earth Tiaras)

A splurge for the McCanless library! A book weighing slightly over 8 pounds has joined my Fabergé reference library – Arikawa, Kazumi, and Diana Scarisbrick, Divine Jewels: The Pursuit of Beauty, 2024. It relates to a fascinating news tidbit published in the Fabergé Research Newsletter, Spring 2013:

Research books on tiaras by Geoffrey Munn –

Tiaras – A History of Splendour, 2001/2002

An academic study of the grandest jewels
ever made. Lavishly illustrated with
unique photographs from Royal collections
throughout the world. Over
18,000 copies sold.

Tiaras Past and Present, 2008

Originally published to accompany the
popular exhibition at the V&A (2002),
Tiaras is a sparkling celebration of
these beautiful jewels with striking
examples by famous designers such as
Fabergé, Cartier, Versace and Westwood.

Known Fabergé tiaras are featured in McCanless, Christel Ludewig, and Kristin Mills. “Fabergé Tiaras and the Unveiling of an Acquisition”, Fabergé Research Newsletter, Fall and Winter 2019.

“Ever wondered what happens to the treasures featured on America’s beloved ANTIQUES ROADSHOW after the cameras leave town?” Episode broadcast on March 29, 2026, only available to listeners in North America. (Shared by Toby Faber, Fabergé’s Eggs, 2008, and Adam Monahan, Antiques Roadshow Detours and with historical observations by Fabergé accent scholar Geza von Habsburg.)

“Six Rare Easter Eggs Worth a Nest Egg“. These Fabergé eggs make for the most expensive Easter egg hunt in history, with prices reaching into the millions by Nitya Rao, April 2, 2026.