A Midwest metal dealer who bought a gold item at an antiques mart that he intended to melt down for scrap was shocked to discover it was a rare Fabergé egg worth a reported $33 million. The man paid $14,000 for the item, Kieran McCarthy, director of London antique dealer Wartski, tells JCK, and intended to sell it for a quick $15,000. “It contained a Vacheron Constantin watch, so he figured he could sell it at slightly above the gold value,” McCarthy says. “But no one was interested, fortunately.” In despair, the man typed “egg” and “Vacheron Constantin” into Google and came up with a Telegraph article on surviving Fabergé eggs that quoted McCarthy and showed a picture of his egg. The man got on a plane to London and presented McCarthy with a picture.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:48:53 +0000
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