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Christie’s is selling off unique gold necklaces, rings, and more from ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt that are worth far less than contemporary pieces from today’s luxury designers.
The “incredibly rare” historical artifacts, most of which are actually wearable, belonged to someone who lived in BC and are often shrouded in great mystery.
“I’d rather have an amethyst necklace with a strong historical presence than something that everyone is going to wear and that looks the same,” Hannah Fox Solomon, senior specialist and head of antiquities at Christie’s, told The Post.
Compared to the classic $8,000 Cartier Love Bracelet—beloved by celebrities and fashionistas alike—Christie’s estimates that a set of gold bracelets from ancient Rome is expected to sell for $4,000 to $6,000 at auction on February 4.
Three gold rings—one with a carnelian engraved with a sphinx, another in the form of a tiny replica of a lantern, and a third crafted in the form of two heads—are expected to sell for $5,000 to $7,000.
While their full history is unknown—the pieces up for auction were part of the Kofler-Truniger Collection and belonged to a married couple before being sold to a private individual—, these pieces are estimated to be around 2,000 years old.
Likewise, an amethyst beaded necklace from ancient Rome, dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, is expected to sell for $5,000 to $7,000. The necklace, from around 750 BC, is expected to sell for $6,000 to $8,000—well below the price of Van Cleef & Arpels’ trendy 10-motif onyx Alhambra necklace, which costs nearly $9,000.
Two different pairs of earrings are also slated for auction. One pair, from ancient Greece, features granulated gold eagles perched next to small green enamel birds, and it is expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000.
The other pair, from the Geometric period around 750 to 725 BC, are attached by gold discs with an indentation in the center where a gemstone might have been. They look almost like ear cuffs, and Solomon joked that they’re often compared to a Bluetooth device. “They’re incredibly rare,” she said. “They’re earrings. How you wear them is up for debate.” The pieces, of which only three examples are known to exist today, are expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000.