Before the Forbes collection of Faberge eggs was able to go on auction, they were bought by a Russian industrialist. “None of the parties would disclose the price of the private sale, which includes nine imperial Fabergé eggs — the second largest collection after the 10 in the Kremlin — along with some 180 other Fabergé objects. But experts familiar with the Fabergé market estimate that Mr. Vekselberg paid about $100 million for the collection, which Sotheby’s had predicted would bring at least $90 million at auction.”