 The Rothschild Fabergé egg became the record price for a piece of Fabergé, as well as the highest price ever paid for a Russian object and the most expensive price for a timepiece.Many celebrities and billionaires collect Fabergé pieces, such as the late Joan Rivers, whose estate sold $2.2 million worth of Fabergé at auction.American oil billionaire Armand Hammer collected many Fabergé pieces during his business ventures in communist Russia in the 1920s.