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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.