Nine Faberge eggs from the Forbes collection are to be auctioned. “The last Imperial Easter Egg sold at auction – the 1913 Winter Egg -went for more than $9.5 million to an anonymous buyer in 2002. In 1994, the same egg sold at auction for just over $5.5 million. The czar had paid Fabergé the equivalent of $250,000 in 1994 dollars, back in 1913. Our analysis of 16 Fabergé eggs, which have appeared on the auction market since 1934, shows an annual appreciation of 7% to 22.5% in the investment. These prices are a combination of buyers’ desire for the very best, of rarity of product, and of limited accessibility: The eggs infrequently come on the open market.”