A postscript about quality of faberge egg jewelry in the Red October Store in St. Petersberg. I bought an egg for $199 EU (solid gold). I ran into my goldsmith here in Basel and he took one look at it and studied it and told me it was done by a very fine company called Anarova and is a very high quality and, with the 22% discount ($159EU), was a very good value. He says the stones in the egg are diamond chips.
