"After six days of dedicated surveillance, New Zealand authorities have recovered a diamond-encrusted Fabergé egg from a thief accused of swallowing it. The 32-year-old man allegedly picked up the egg at Auckland's Partridge Jewellers and ingested it late last week. The heist was swiftly foiled, as police arrived within minutes of the staff's report and detained the suspect. "Police can confirm the pendant was recovered," a police statement said Friday."
"A police officer was assigned to watch over the man while waiting for nature to deliver the pendant back to its owner-and the suspect, in due course, to justice. The special-edition locket, valued at $33,585, was created as a tribute to the coveted Fabergé egg at the center of the James Bond caper Octopussy. Its green guilloché enamel shell opens to reveal an 18-karat yellow gold octopus, set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires. The sea creature's eyes glitter with two black diamond eyes."
"Fabergé is one of the world's most storied jewelers, famed for the roughly 50 lavish creations commissioned between 1885 and the Russian Revolution in 1917 for the Russian imperial family. Seven are thought to have been lost, and seven remain in private hands, outside of institutions. In late November, a rare Fabergé egg crafted from crystal and adorned with diamonds sold for £22.9 million (around $30.2 million) at Christie's London, surpassing the former auction record for a Fabergé egg."
New Zealand police recovered a diamond-encrusted Fabergé egg after a suspected thief allegedly swallowed the pendant following a theft at Partridge Jewellers in Auckland. Officers arrived within minutes of the staff report and detained a 32-year-old man. Police conducted six days of surveillance while waiting for the pendant to be passed and then retrieved the item. The special-edition locket, valued at $33,585, features a green guilloché enamel shell that opens to reveal an 18-karat yellow gold octopus set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires. Fabergé is renowned for imperial eggs created between 1885 and 1917, and a rare Fabergé egg recently sold for £22.9 million at Christie's.
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