A diamond-studded crystal Fabergé egg that once belonged to Russia’s imperial family has sold for a record £22.9m ($30.2m) in London, the BBC reports.
The Winter Egg – considered one of the legendary jeweller’s most beautiful creations – was bought by an anonymous bidder on Tuesday, Christie’s auction house said.
It is decorated with 4,500 diamonds was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913 as a present to his mother.
The previous record for a Fabergé egg was £8.9m paid at auction in 2007.
