Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

This Valentine’s Day, Christie’s invites romantics to skip the glitzy showrooms of Bvlgari, Cartier, and Harry Winston and instead explore an exclusive auction of ancient gold jewelry.

It’s certainly not because the pieces aren’t precious, Solomon said. “Ancient jewelry is much less expensive than what retail is right now,” she said. In fact, some of the items up for ...