Wartski win $5.2m Fabergé figure

This Fabergé carved hardstone figure of an Imperial bodyguard, recently rediscovered in the attic of an estate in upstate New York, has sold for $5.2m (£3.38m) at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York. It has an extraordinary history.

The total number of Fabergé hardstone figure carvings produced by Fabergé is probably no more than 5…

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