Risky Business Crystal Egg
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The short answer: No! :lol
Add being broke to the variables of the equation & I should be able get my hands on one or something similar in 2396. 
Have a look here LENOX TREASURED CRYSTAL EGG COLLECTION at Replacements, Ltd
Rebelscum
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That sure looks right, but they don't have the dimension and at that price it surely isn't large enough.
Yes,just checked dimensions and it is 3.5 inches in height :unsure
lindsaynothing
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After the movie came out, my father was obsessed with finding a copy of the egg. My parents travel a lot and they were able to pretty well blanket the entire US to try to find it. They finally did and bought it from an Orrefors in California. We have been unable to find any more information on the egg than this..
Design: Columbi
Year: 1983
Designer: Jan Johansson
Size: 14cm tall
Approximate last sale year: 1985
Approximate last retail price: $1,000
We thought it was Stuben, that's what the internet said but our box said Orrefors, so we contacted them. The customer service representative I spoke with was able to give me the above information and she said the egg was not limited edition and it was available at all Orrefors retail stores and yet we can't find anyone else that owns the same egg on the internet. You'd think there would be someone, right? We're trying to find out what it's worth and how many were made. When my parents bought it, they were told three were made. One for the movie, one for the Pope's first visit to the USA and the one he bought. Of course, these could just be stories but we'd like to know as much as we can about it. Below is a picture, so you know I'm not joshin'.
Design: Columbi
Year: 1983
Designer: Jan Johansson
Size: 14cm tall
Approximate last sale year: 1985
Approximate last retail price: $1,000
We thought it was Stuben, that's what the internet said but our box said Orrefors, so we contacted them. The customer service representative I spoke with was able to give me the above information and she said the egg was not limited edition and it was available at all Orrefors retail stores and yet we can't find anyone else that owns the same egg on the internet. You'd think there would be someone, right? We're trying to find out what it's worth and how many were made. When my parents bought it, they were told three were made. One for the movie, one for the Pope's first visit to the USA and the one he bought. Of course, these could just be stories but we'd like to know as much as we can about it. Below is a picture, so you know I'm not joshin'.
I stumbled upon this conversation while trying to find out the value of this "Risky Business" egg on the internet. I was the crystal buyer at Bloomingdale's for four years in the 1980's and the company GAVE me one of these eggs as a reward for growing their business in one year in our chain of stores from 1 million to 3 million. At the time, they told me that they only made a dozen of them, but honestly, I think they probably made about 100 of them. Mine is #12. The movie people got #1 and #2, the company kept a couple and the rest were gifts from the Orrefors company to business associates. I do think they were sold for a short while in the Orrefors stores, and that is why I think there are probably about 100. If you turn it upside down, etched along the edge is lettering and numbers. The last set of numbers is your number for that limited item.
Having spent a lot of time in their crystal factory and others, I can tell you that it is extremely difficult to make a piece of crystal that is so thick (5" at the widest point) and so tall (7" to the point) without any flaws, bubbles, or fine fibers visible inside. Orrefors would have been meticulous about throwing out seconds on this item. They probably had to make a handful before they could put one into circulation. The rest would be thrown back into the kiln.
It would be wonderful to see this in resin or Lucite.
It weighs 10 pounds 3 ounces and would difficult to hurl through the air as in the movie!
Hope this helps.
Having spent a lot of time in their crystal factory and others, I can tell you that it is extremely difficult to make a piece of crystal that is so thick (5" at the widest point) and so tall (7" to the point) without any flaws, bubbles, or fine fibers visible inside. Orrefors would have been meticulous about throwing out seconds on this item. They probably had to make a handful before they could put one into circulation. The rest would be thrown back into the kiln.
It would be wonderful to see this in resin or Lucite.
It weighs 10 pounds 3 ounces and would difficult to hurl through the air as in the movie!
Hope this helps.
Rebelscum
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lindsaynothing
New Member
I'm so glad you responded! The information you gave is very interesting to me, as it matches up with what I was told by customer service at Orrefors. You're the very first person we've found who has owned one, outside of us. Our egg has no markings whatsoever. There is no number, no lettering. We put in a request at Christy's auction house and they said it's not valuable enough to be auctioned with them. They didn't offer an appraisal. I have a hard time believing these eggs aren't worth anything. I'd like to get a hold of Orrefors and travel up the chain of command to see what else I can learn about the production of the eggs and see if I can get a certificate of authenticity. You might do the same, if you don't already have one. I'd be interested to learn what happened to the egg used in the movie. I know it's stunt double was used in the making of an episode of the O.C. some time back. A report in a review of the episode claimed a member of the production company owns the original but there's really no way to know, considering the vast misinformation floating around about it. As I said before, my father was told one of the eggs was given to the pope at the time and I did some research on that and as it turns out, pope John Paul II visited Los Angeles in 1987 and that matches the timeline, as my father bought the egg after that.
I'd like very much if we could help each other research this. Any information we get about it, I'll post here as I go.
Thanks again for responding!
