Fabergé egg worth €24m was bought for scrap metal

A scrap metal dealer who bought a golden egg at a US bric-a-brac market discovered it is an ultra- rare Fabergé egg worth around €24m.

The unnamed buyer purchased the egg for €9,500 in the Midwest in the hope he could cash in on its scrap metal value.

But the striking object was saved from the melting pot because no one recognised its potential by offering him more than he paid for it.