Fabergé egg expected to fetch £20 million at auction

Winter. Photo: Christie’s

Christie’s expects the Winter egg, one of just seven of Peter Carl Fabergé’s creations still in private hands, to sell for more than £20 million when it lands on the auction block Tuesday.

The 10cm-tall egg is made from finely carved rock crystal, covered in a delicate snowflake motif wrought in platinum and 4500 tiny diamonds. I…