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July 23: Fabergé Eggs on Coins!
23 juli: Movies updated with picture of Roger More holding the Octopussy Fabergé Egg.
July 10: And the Oscar goes to... Finally with help from Juan Antonio Falcón Déniz, a page with all movies featuring a "Fabergé Egg.
May 19: A page about the Fabergé Egg in a movie. There are only two movies featuring a Fabergé Egg as far as I could find, but here they are right from the heart.
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Happy Easter to all Fabergé enthousiast wherever you are!
March 30, the Fabergé Newsletter Spring Edition is online! Do not forget to check out the Archives for more interesting news on Fabergé!
February 23: Made some new puzzles and repaired the old ones, just for fun!
February 18: Blogpost The Walters Art Museum: “Two Eggs…Modern” - “one egg in white enamel with a ring of little enameled pearls … modern” and “one copper egg decorated with enameled roses, modern.” Read more and see high resolution images of the Gatchina Palace Egg and the Rose Trellis Egg!
February 18: The Houston Museum of Natural Science - Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars - July 25, 2010 (extended). Nobel Ice Egg on view.
January 8: Blue Constellation Egg updated with background info from the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow website.
January 3: Caucacus Egg updated with some background info on the estate depicted on the Egg.
2010 January 1: Happy New Year!!
"Discover the spectacular designs of Carl Fabergé, a master goldsmith and legendary jeweler who is still celebrated for his inventive design and meticulous craftsmanship. Perhaps best known for the Imperial Easter Eggs... Go behind-the-scenes with President and Curator of
Gems and Minerals Joel A. Bartsch".
Read more and see a marvellous video of the Fabergé Empress Josephine Tiara! (The Houston Museum of Natural Science - Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars).
2009
December 21: A Merry Christmas to Fabergé enthousiasts all over the world! Not much happening in the Egg world, so many new Egg-cards are added. Now Egg-cards for Christmas with Russian text are available too!
November 13: Nobel Ice Egg on display in Houston USA. See Exhibitions.
October 15: Yusupov Egg updated!
September 25: Introducing the website by Toby Faber, author of Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire. Great background story on his experiences on writing the book in "Journalism". For those of you who are not familiar with his book, click the "Fabergé Eggs" tab!
September 10: Very special and unique: Sandoz Imperial Easter Eggs on view in Switzerland, Le Locle (Château des Monts). See Exhibitions for details!
September 10: "Fabergé launches first new jewellery collection since the Russian Revolution". Brandname owner Pallinghurst finally presents its Fabergé collection. For the official website, go to www.faberge.com.
August 31: New Photos in Forum! Moscow: Splendors of the Romanovs Monaco, Grimaldi Forum - Photos and copyright Stephan - Sweden (August 2009).
August 9: Exhibitons updated with folder Monaco event. Opening hours and days now available.
July 28: Exhibitions updated.
June 11: So happy to announce that The San Fransico Citizen gave me permission to post their magnificent photographs of the Fabergé Eggs exhibited in the exhibition Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique, hosted at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Those of you who could not visit Cleveland or San Francisco for this great exhibition can enjoy the Eggs now here!
June 9: Top Russian law office rehabilitates some of the members of Russia's imperial house of Romanov who fell victim to Bolshevik repressive rule. With movie and much more on the Romanovs: click here!
May 19: Faberge Eggs Exhibit In Moscow
More than 300 pieces created by the celebrated House of Faberge jewellery firm, including nine of its famous jewel encrusted eggs, are now exhibited at Moscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Read more in Exhibitions!
May 10: Fabergé Museum of Russian businessman Alexander Ivanov in Baden-Baden (Germany) opened May 9, 2009. The Fabergé Rothschild Egg is on view in the new museum. A video interview with images of the opening and a nice close-up of the Rothschild Egg can be seen here. (In German; Fabergé item starts after 19 seconds).
April 19: Blue Enamel Ribbed Egg and Blue Serpent Egg updated.
April 11: Happy Easter to you all! Христос воскресе!
воистину воскресе!
New, Fabergé Easter EggCards with Russian Text. Новый! Фаберже Яйцо пасхальное для карт на русском языке.
April 8: Six "Vekselberg Eggs" will be in Monaco July 11 - September 13. See exhibitions.
April 2: Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden? Read more!
March 31: New image added to the Pelican Egg, photograph of the backside of the miniatures.
March 21: Updated Fabergé on Stamps. Finlandia 1988 Agathon Fabergé stamps added.
For Easter, new EggCards!
March 18: For a good cause an only one time announcement of a talk on Fabergé Eggs!
On 28th April, Toby Faber will be giving a talk on the subject of his latest book... All profits will be donated to KINOE, a UK-based charity that raises money to support educational projects for children living in extreme poverty in India and Nepal. .... Read all!
March 15: Further evidence added to the 1896 Egg being the 12 Monogram Egg.
February 17, Forum "Yusupov Egg" updated.
February 6, Forum "Kremlin Egg" updated.
January 29: New Photo's in Forum; the Walters Museum of Art by Peter Koppers!
January 4: New Forum topic: "Your Photo's". Your photographs of Fabergé Eggs in museums and exhibitions.
January 1: Happy New Year!
2008
December 28:
The Fabergé Eggs Forum is alive. Now you can read about questions other visitors of this website asked, you can tell about yourself and your interest in Fabergé, and participate in discussions on the Egg Timeline. Read more ...
December 24: Happy Holidays to you all!
December 8: Fabergé in New Delhi, India. See Exhibitions.
December 5: The Fabergé Danish Palaces Egg - The Miniatures Explained. In November 2008 I discovered there was an error in my listing of the miniatures belonging to the 1890 Danish Palaces Egg. With help from Christian Steener Eriksen from Denmark, all miniatures are now listed anew, and what is more, we found the original image that probably was the model for one of the miniatures!
November 19: Due to new research, the Blue Serpent Clock Egg and the 12 Monogram Egg have got another place in the egg timeline. See the egg pages, and read all about this research on the Fabergé Research Site, Recent Discoveries!
November 17: The page of the 1888 Cherub with Chariot Egg is updated with new information, a drawing and an image!
November 11: Substantial update in progress. In a few days all must work fine again.
October 21: Video link added in Movies showing the Blue Serpent Clock Egg!
October 14, 2008: Today in New York, the Cleveland museum plans to announce that the Imperial Blue Serpent Egg, never before loaned to a museum exhibition, will be part of the exhibition "Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique.''
The Faberge egg that was once a treasured possession of Princess Grace of Monaco will be one of the star attractions in a major exhibition opening Sunday at the Cleveland Museum of Art. (Link)
More on the Fabergé Blue Serpent Egg.
September: Exhibition News!
August 11: Changed and added text and image of the Pelican Egg.
June 28: "Art dealer finds his Faberge is a fake". High Court judge 
ruled Fabergé Egg is a fake. The judge's comments came at the end of a long-running trial during which the owner of the socalled "Dr. Metzger Egg Clock", Mr Michel Kamidian, sought millions of pounds in compensation for the damage done to his treasure while it was being shipped to an exhibition in America in 2001. Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2205766/Art-dealer-finds-his-Faberge-is-a-fake.html.
May 24: As announced earlier (see news october 2007) the branch name Fabergé is since end 2007 owned by Fabergé Ltd. The company reports that as from next year they will issue a "Fabergé Egg" every year. As these eggs however, will not be made in St. Petersburg bij Karl Fabergé, you will not find them on this website. Interesting news however will appear in due course in "Fabergé in the 21st century".
May 18: Info added about the Kelch Bonbonnière Egg.
May 6: 1917 Blue Constellation Egg in Finland! See Exhibitions for details.
April 28: Image added of the Rosebud Egg top.
April 7: The World’s Biggest Easter Egg Hunt; News on the 1889 Nécessaire Egg!
March 8: In "Special Categories" added Fabergé Eggs with (Singing) Birds.
March 1: Eggs rearranged again and new categories added. See menu bar on the left.
February 19: Sitemap added.
February 18: The Eggs reorganised.
February 10: Catharina the Great Egg, picture added.
February 6: Valentine Egg-Cards added.
January 16: Blue Constellation Egg, addition; link to article about the discovery of the prototype for this Egg!
January 1: Happy New Year!
Updated: July 23, 2010