Scrap dealer paid $14,000 for gold egg; Fabergé reportedly sold for $33m

Sometimes history turns up in the least likely places. For one Midwest scrap-metal dealer, that moment came at an antiques market, where an ornate gold egg seemed to be little more than an opportunity to make a modest profit. Bought for about $14,000 with the intention of selling it for scrap, the object instead turned out to be one of the long-lost Imperial Easter eggs created by Carl Fabergé for the Russian imperial family, states a report by JCK online.From scrap metal to royal treasureAccording to the online report, the dealer had hoped to make a quick return on his purchase. The egg contained a Vacheron Constantin watch, making its gold and timepiece components potentially valuable even if the object itself held little historical significance.But finding a buyer proved unexpectedly difficult.