# Fabergé Egg Found Aboard a Seized Russian Oligarch’s Yacht **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011 "2022-08-20T20:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/1 "2022-08-20T20:23:32Z")
I have seen a report that a Fabergé Egg has been found on a Russian-owned yacht, arrested in San Diago. I wondered what will happen to it now. # ‘Alleged’ Fabergé Egg Found Aboard a Seized Russian Oligarch’s Yacht The rare egg may not be authentic—but if it is, it could be worth millions [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-faberge-egg-seized-russian-oligarch-yacht-180980471/#:~:text=‘Alleged’%20Fabergé%20Egg%20Found%20Aboard%20a%20Seized%20Russian%20Oligarch’s%20Yacht,-The%20rare%20egg&text=When%20United%20States%20authorities%20seized,rare%20Fabergé%20egg%20on%20board](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-faberge-egg-seized-russian-oligarch-yacht-180980471/#:~:text='Alleged'%20Faberg%C3%A9%20Egg%20Found%20Aboard%20a%20Seized%20Russian%20Oligarch's%20Yacht,-The%20rare%20egg&text=When%20United%20States%20authorities%20seized,rare%20Faberg%C3%A9%20egg%20on%20board). ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/2 "2022-08-20T22:57:42Z")
If the US has the right to seize the oligarch’s yacht, then I suppose it can seize whatever it finds on it. I doubt it’s a real Faberge Egg, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/3 "2022-08-21T00:39:57Z")
Any tiny giraffes, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/4 "2022-08-21T03:06:43Z")
Are they certain it wasn’t a matryoshka doll? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/5 "2022-08-21T06:07:37Z")
I think Beckywreck wants it. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/6 "2022-08-21T07:59:05Z")
It may be a copy and it would seem a bit risky to take something like that on a yacht, but Andrey Melnichenko apparently has three Monets on his yacht. Apart from that, Viktor Vekselberg, whose yacht was Seized by Spain at the request of the United States owns ten eggs, although most of them are in the museum in St Petersburg. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faberge-egg-found-aboard-a-seized-russian-oligarch-s-yacht/970011/7 "2022-08-21T13:24:49Z")
The proletarian struggle.