to wonder why someone would take a Faberge egg to the pub?

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Man jailed for stealing handbag that contained £2.2m Fabergé egg - BBC News

To wonder why anyone would take a Fabergé egg with them to the pub? Obviously it was a horrendous crime for the man to take the bag and he deserves to go to prison, but what would possess someone to take a bag containing such a valuable artifact to a pub, in Soho no less?

When I first seen this story when it first happened me and dh thought straight away it was an inside insurance job.

@BewareoftheLambs I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I agree some of them aren't pretty at all. The reason they are high value is because they were especially made for and owned by the Romanov family and some were sneaked out of Russia after their assassination. I sometimes wonder if they hadn't been assassinated would they even be a thing? 🤓

Where else do you put your faberge egg after taking it to the office for show and tell? It isnt a fucking yoni egg after all..

Heathens the lot of you

Probably someone looking for attention.

This is so weird, I can't imagine being that blasé about a £2m item. I had to take 7k in cash to the bank once, it was about 100 metres to walk,from work to the bank. ive literally never held a bag that tightly
I cant even think why you'd just be carrying it in a handbag anyway!
Id want to have a closer hold of the laptop as well....

Mindblowingly stupid thing to do if it wasn't a deliberate crime.

Faberge have videos on YouTube on how they've made some of these recent bespoke eggs. They are fabulous to watch, the skill is incredible.

Oh is she? Didn’t say that in the article linked in the OP. Oh well her loss.

I think it's gorgeous 😍

Come on, of course they would. The workmanship for a start.

@Forthesteps well that's debatable, certainly a sliding doors thing. I mean they were expensive but it's there provenance that's pushed the value up and keeps it up.

About 25 years ago there was a payroll cock up and I had to take out the month's salary for the entire company and give it out. It was tens of thousands. Even withdrawing it was a complete ballache, it wasnt just a case of going to the counter and taking it out, it had to be arranged. And going back knowing i was carrying so much cash was terrifying. My heart was hammering so much I thought I was having a heart attack!

Yup. The insurance payout is telling here.
Unless it was ridiculously under-insured, a payout of less than a tenth of the estimated value is saying —
Yeah. We don’t believe your story, here’s 100 grand, now get lost.

This stupid woman should have been sacked for gross misconduct. There's no way her employer would have sanctioned her taking this item to the bloody pub.

I was wondering the exact same thing myself.

Not the same but I’m treasurer for an association. At our annual event we have a raffle where we used to get around £1k in cash. And I had to take it home to bank. Even though I was in the room with people who I knew and trusted I was always massively conscious that I had the money in my bag.. never went to the dance floor and always left early . Cannot imagine what she was thinking

Insurance scam?

I must admit I thought this. It’s so bonkers that it stinks. I do wonder if the police had a thorough investigation to see if she had any vague connection with the thief. She’s either very clever or very stupid.

I have SO many questions about this story, It's absolutely baffling that a £2m Faberge egg doesn't demand a secure arrangement for transportation than being carried around in a handbag, even before you involve it in a trip to the pub.

Well, if you keep your wits about you, it seems that it’s still looking for a home.

I thought that when I saw the crown jewels. They just look gaudy and tasteless to me

I'm glad there's a thread about this. So many unanswered questions!

I would honestly think she’s just stupid and thought ‘god imagine if my bag got stolen with this egg in it?’ And never actually thought it would happen. Then the bloke that stole the bag had no idea of the eggs worth and it’s sat in a charity shop or landfill.

This is definitely going to require Poirot. I mean, the one and only REAL Poirot (David Suchet), not Kenneth “Why The Fuck Would Poirot Have a Handlebar Mustache” Branagh. Maybe the dudes from Midsomer Murders. Oh and Vera, too; I love when she calls people “pet.”

If it was Vera, the culprit would turn out to be Rasputin's great, great, great, great grand neice, who worked as a cleaner in the Dog and Duck, spotted the Faberge egg in the idiot woman's handbag while she was putting some lippy on in the loo, immediately clocked what it was, and decided to nick it right there and then with the help of her second cousin 4 times removed - and she only features as a potential suspect about 10 minute from the end of the programme. Vera gets all this from staring hard at the specials board in the pub, whilst buying herself a cheeky cheese roll and chips.

Oh! I saw that episode! Was not expecting the twist ending with the goat!

😂😂😂

It's ridiculous, but I love it!