Stephen Smith examines the remarkable life and creations of Carl Faberge, the gifted jeweler. He interviews Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge pieces in the Royal Collection and Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire who paid $100 million for nine exceptional Faberge eggs. The jeweled objects Faberge crafted for the last Russian tsars during their reign have become highly prized treasures, often worth millions. Smith retraces Faberge's path, visiting locations like the Green Vaults in Dresden, the tsars' palaces, and the Kremlin museum, to uncover how this fin de siècle innovator turned his father's small business into the world's leading provider of luxury goods.
