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Feast your eyes on the beauty of the FabergĂ© Imperial Easter Eggs. Fifty are believed to have been made, and nine of them are in a Forbes collection which will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s in April. Ten are in the Kremlin Armoury Museum. Eight are unaccounted for. The Forbes collection includes the elegantly simple Hen Egg, the first to be commissioned. It has a plain white exterior with a gold band. A gold hen sits inside. The subsequent eggs feature much more ornate detailing. One takes the form of a miniature orange tree sitting in a fancy planter, roped off with jeweled chains. My favorite, in terms of theme, is the pink egg encircled with lovely lily of the valley sprays. Estimates for the various eggs range from $3 to $24 million. Will they join their brethren in other collections of Imperial eggs, will they each go to a different new home? Will the missing eight ever show up?

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