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GUEST: It's a snuff bottle. A 
gift from a friend. She bought 
it in the 1960s as a possible

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Fabergé piece.

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APPRAISER: Well, it's a stunning 
piece, I really love it a 
lot. It is a Fabergé piece.

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GUEST: That's amazing.

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APPRAISER: Fabergé was opened 
in 1842 by Gustav Fabergé. 
And then his son, at the

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age of 18, Carl, toured the 
world, came back to Russia and 
came into the business. And

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then Tsar Alexander III had them 
declared goldsmith by special 
appointment to the imperial

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crown, thus beginning the 
association with the Russian 
tsars. Also, Tsar Nicholas III

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commissioned the first Easter 
egg to be made in 1885. So 
what we have here is really a

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fabulous jadeite snuff 
bottle. The snuff bottle 
dates from the 18th century.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: So it's from the 
1700s. And then Fabergé put this 
cap on top of it here, probably

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around 1890 to 
1900, in that era.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: And the cap is 
made out of 14-karat gold, 
which is a Russian standard.

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And I looked at these little 
round cabochon stones. Do you 
know what kind of stones those

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are?

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GUEST: They look a little 
bit like rubies to me, but...

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APPRAISER: They are rubies, 
and they're the best kind, 
they're Burmese rubies, they're

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Burma rubies all the way around 
there. And it's capped on top 
with absolutely a fabulous

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cabochon garnet. Do you have 
a wild guess if we had to put 
a value on it what it could

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be worth?

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GUEST: I really don't-- 
Fabergé. I wasn't even 
sure it was real, so...

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APPRAISER: It is real, and 
I'm very happy to tell you, 
retail, this easily would sell

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between $50,000 and $75,000.

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GUEST: Oh, my gosh. 
That's fabulous.

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APPRAISER: And it is a unique 
piece, it's not replaceable.

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GUEST: No, no, absolutely not.

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APPRAISER: It should be 
insured for $100,000. It's 
absolutely a fabulous piece.

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GUEST: That's wonderful.

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APPRAISER: It's museum-quality.