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An extremely [rare / rarity] antique, decorative egg designed by the legendary Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé has been [earthed / unearthed] at a second-hand goods market in the USA. A [scrappy / scrap] dealer bought the golden egg at a bric-a-brac [stall / still] for $13,000. The [unnamed / unmanned] trader intended to sell the egg for the scrap metal value of the gold. Fortunately for the [antiques / antiquated] world, no one could [patch / match] his asking price so the egg was not scrapped. The egg had a small watch inside it. One evening the dealer typed the name of the watch's [manufacturer / manufacturing] and the word "egg" into Google. It was then he discovered he was in [possession / possessive] of a priceless gem. The London-based Fabergé [expertise / experts] Wartski valued the egg at $33 million.

The egg was [made / laid] by Fabergé for Russian Tsar Alexander III in 1887. It was last seen in [public / publicity] in March 1902 at an exhibition in St Petersburg. Its [wherewithal / whereabouts] since has been the cause of considerable [speculative / speculation] . Kieran McCarthy, director of Wartski, told reporters: "It's the most [incredulous / incredible] discovery. We have so many discoveries but none of them are as [momentous / moments] as this." He added: "For the Fabergé community…it is a wondrous event because the Easter egg is the [ultimate / ultimatum] target for every antique dealer and every [enthusiast / enthusiastic] ." Unfortunately, the egg might once again vanish from public [viewpoint / view] . Mr McCarthy said: "It may disappear into the deepest, darkest [vaults / faults] of a collector somewhere."