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	Fabergés Eggs
hitchhiker08
5-7-2008 12:29 AM
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russia, peter carl faberge, museum, rarity, collection, auction, artifact, object d'art, heirloom
hitchhiker08 says:
Certainly not cheaper by the dozen these?!
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in early 1995; whoever you are, thank you.  Research at the library provided
the textual information about each egg.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4819/?20087"><P><STRONG><A href="http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4819/feintro.html">Read the
Introduction by H.C. Bainbridge,<BR />a longtime associate of Carl
Faberge</A></STRONG></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/42951370-7DC0-4693-B719-35353E140D22/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>