Deal for €23m Faberge egg saved from scrap was done in 'potato field in Kerry'

A deal to buy a Faberge egg, said to be worth around €23m, that was to be sold for scrap was done in a "potato field in Kerry", according to one of the people who played a vital role in the negotiations.

A deal to buy a Faberge egg, said to be worth around €23m, was done in a "potato field in Kerry", according to one of the people who played a vital role in the negotiations.

RTE Radio spoke to Kieran McCarthy, of London jewellers Wartski, about the discovery of the Faberge egg, and he said: "The negotiations to buy the egg, which we subsequently did, were conducted in a potato field in Kerry overlooking the Atlantic."