Fabergé Cactus

a cactus made of deep green nephrite with gold needles and two pink rhodonite blossoms on top sits in a jasper pod in a yellow and white silk and velvet case from the hammer galleries, a faberge objet being sold by the heirs of a couple of louisiana oil heiresses at christies in june 2026
Fabergé cactus study, c. 1900, nephrite, rhodonite, labradorite, jasper, enamel, gold, 4 1/2 in. high, selling next month at Christie’s

Get yourself a reins-taking Louisiana oil heiress aunt to take you globe-hopping and to leave you all the Fabergé hardstone plants she accumulated over the years from Armand Hammer’s shady Russian sources ig. And her 50-carat diamond ring.

10 June 2026, Lot 258, Enamel, gold and hardstone study of a cactus, est. $120-150,000 [christies]