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Viking Collectibles
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![Ancient Viking jewelry for contemporary wear glitters at Jasper52 Jan. 3](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/168171977_1_x.webp)
Ancient Viking jewelry for contemporary wear glitters at Jasper52 Jan. 3
NEW YORK — Treasure hunters have been unearthing ancient relics for hundreds of years throughout Europe and the Americas. A new generation of collectors have embraced these finds as fashionable jewelry and adornments, and an important collection of these items comes to market Wednesday, January 3 at 2 pm Eastern time in an exclusive online […]
![Bronze Viking die found by metal detectorist tops $19K at auction](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Norfolk-Urnes-Credit-Noonans-1-1.jpg)
Bronze Viking die found by metal detectorist tops $19K at auction
LONDON – An 11th-century bronze Viking die that was discovered in a field in Norfolk, England by a metal detectorist achieved a hammer price of £15,000 (about $19,300) at the Noonans Mayfair auction house on July 18 in its Ancient Coins and Antiquities sale. It was bought by a collector in the UK.
![Viking gold jewelry will shine in New York auction, Aug. 25](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fine-Viking-Coil-ring-850-1050-AD-size-11-14-J52-late-Aug-presale-1.jpg)
Viking gold jewelry will shine in New York auction, Aug. 25
NEW YORK – Though the notion is not complete and utter bunk, Vikings generally didn’t wear helmets with horns on them. They did wear jewelry, however, and their jewelry is remarkably fine and sophisticated for a group of people (not a nation – there’s no such place as Vikland) from medieval Scandinavia who made their […]
![No swords required: fight for Viking treasures online, May 12](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Viking-coil-ring-J52-May-12-preview-1.png)
No swords required: fight for Viking treasures online, May 12
NEW YORK – Vikings get a bad rap. Of course, some of that is deserved; there’s no nice, polite way to raid a village. But the long-ago, long-vanished people who called themselves Vikings – the Scandinavians who reside in what is now Denmark, Sweden, and Norway – behaved in ways that might seem surprising. Archaeologists […]