ARTINFO - At Christie's, the pearl-encrusted Rothschild Fabergé egg made £8,980,500 ($18.5 million), becoming the most expensive Russian art object ever sold at auction.

At Christie's, the pearl-encrusted Rothschild Fabergé egg made £8,980,500 ($18.5

million), becoming the most expensive Russian art object ever sold at

auction.

Courtesy Christie's