About Miek
My name is Annemiek Wintraecken and I live in The Netherlands. Family and friends call me Miek and that's where the name of my site originates.
As visitors of my website frequently asked "how come you are interested in Fabergé Eggs", I thought it time to tell 
It was in the years Malcolm Forbes bought his first Eggs (1966) that in a Dutch newspaper an article appeared with photo's of some of those Eggs. I was still a child, but I fell in love instantly! Ever since that day I have collected images, stories and books about the Eggs. Just for myself, to read about the history behind these eggs, to look at the images and to wonder about the incredible beauty of these little masterpieces made for the last two Russian Tsars so long ago.
In 1999 I got my first own pc and in 2004 I finally knew how to make a website and decided I was going to share my hobby with other people.
Once on the www I met other Fabergé enthusiasts and my collection grew and grew. Fabergé unites people I once heard, Fabergé Eggs did in the past and it still works in the present for through e-mail I have made some fantastic Fabergé friends!
The picture above is a composition of the Renaissance Egg shown in Berlin in 2005 and me dreaming of it on my 50th birthday in Berlin. It 
was on that day in July that for the very first time I saw a Fabergé Egg "in reality" during the exhibition of the Link of Times Collection in Schloss Charlottenburg. I was absolutely amazed, for the Eggs were so much more beautiful than I had ever imagined! The Eggs seemed to live, the sparkling, the shining, the magnificent colors, fabulous in one word! Though I knew the heights of the Eggs, some were smaller than I had expected, others bigger, but all were of an unspeakable beauty!
After Berlin, I went to see Fabergé Eggs in Brussels in december 2005 and there I was so lucky to see also the magnificent Mosaic Egg. I think one of the most beautiful of all.
In November 2007 I plan to go to London to see the Rothschild Fabergé Egg that will be auctioned at Christie's on November 28, and in London I will meet with some of the Fabergé friends I met through the internet.
After so many years Fabergé still has the capacity to bring people together, for I am going to meet friends from all over the world for the first time and I cannot tell how much I look forward to that day!
Annemiek
October 26, 2007
Update November 30, 2007
What a great time we had in London! Meeting the friends was an unforgettable event! Together we went to the Auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's and admired the many splendid Fabergé items, some we were even allowed to look at from into ours hands! On Wednesday we witnessed the Sale of the Rothschild Fabergé Clock Egg at Christie's. Unique in one word!!
A special "thank you" to Kieran McCarthy of Messrs Wartski who took time during this so very busy artweek to show and tell us all about their magnificent collection, and to Carolone de Guitaut of the Royal Collection who gave us a private tour on the Fabergé Collection shown in the Royal Closet! Thank you so very much!
If I was not already in love with Fabergé, I would be now
Three of the girls in London 2007
Page updated: March 19, 2008