The Sunday Post (Inverness)

Jinky egg for £10k

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A rare Faberge egg made in honour of Celtic legend Jimmy “Jinky” Johnstone, could fetch £10,000 in an auction at Mctear’s in Glasgow this week.

The “Jinky” egg was one of only 19 created in 2005 by Sarah Faberge, great-granddaugh­ter of the Russian Imperial jeweller Carl Faberge.

The 17.5cm object is made from silver, enamel, yellow and black gold, it opens to reveal a silver and gold figure of the footballer dribbling with a diamondstu­dded ball at his feet.

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One of Faberge eggs

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