Back in January I mentioned the nine Fabergé eggs from the Forbes’ collection which were to be auctioned off this month. Out of the fifty Fabergé eggs believed to have been made, eight are unaccounted for, and Forbes Magazine has done a round-up of their suspected whereabouts. One was part of a set of Russian treasures that were taken on a tour of U.S. department stores in 1934 to be shown and sold. It may be sitting in a display case somewhere in the U.S. lacking its provenance. Maybe your grandparents have “a sapphire cherub pulling a two-wheeled chariot (possibly gilt silver) containing a golden egg set with diamonds” sitting on their mantle? There are tantalizing descriptions of two other missing eggs: one is decorated with “diamonds, emeralds, rubies– topped by both a large colored diamond and a cabochon sapphire”; another is a gold hen with rose-cut diamonds holding a sapphire egg in its beak. As for the Forbes’ eggs, Sotheby’s announced in February that the entire collection, which included other Fabergé creations, was sold to Russian industrialist Victor Vekselberg. Vekselberg has established a foundation to bring Russian treasures back to his country. The selling price was not disclosed. (via snarkout)