Ok after googling with some better keyword I found an answer :
$args = array(
'post_type'=> 'item'
);
$args['meta_query']= array(
array(
'key' => 'price',
'value' => 10,
'type' => 'numeric',
'compare' => '<'
)
);
$results = query_posts($args);
print_r($results);