On December 7th, 2010, an ounce of gold was worth $1426 spot. That means if you had physical possession and went to a coin dealer that's what you'd get for say an American Gold Eagle or a Canadian Maple Leaf. If you put it on Ebay you'd probably fetch slightly over $1500.
The all-time highest Gold price was recorded $1,896.50 per ounce in the morning of September 5, 2011.
I think the highest ever recorded price of a car being sold was a 1937 Bugatti Type 57C Atlantic sold for around $40M!
There have been Holsteins' that have sold for over 1 million dollars. The highest I know sold for 1.2 million.
The 1933 Gold Double Eagle coin, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sold for $7.5 million in 2002, the highest price in the world ever paid for a coin.
The highest price ever paid for a car at auction was $11 million paid for a 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Sports Coupe sold by the auction house Christie's in 1987.
There is actually a pretty big demand for gold scraps in today's economy. 18ct is an amount that can be pretty easily sold. To get the highest price for selling an 18ct gold earring, you should visit your local jewelry shop.
The term "spot gold price" means that gold is purchased or sold for immediate payment or delivery. it is different than forward or future priced gold where the gold is bought or sold for future delivery.
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1962 Le Mans Winning Ferrari 330 TRI LM, which sold for $6.49 million, the highest price paid for a car at auction
A gold cross chain can range anywhere from one to three thousand dollars. The price of the chain varies depending on if it is real gold, the quality of the gold, and on who manufactured and sold the chain.
They short sold at the highest price. (They sold stock they didnt own). Then they bought at the low price. All they had to do was buy as much as they short sold. The difference between the buying and selling price x the amount of trades they did was the profit they made.
Jewelry, like a gold ring, can be sold in a pawn shop. Jewelry retailers will often purchase second-hand jewelry, but they will only pay the scrap value. A newspaper ad, auction, or eBay may also net the highest price when selling a gold ring.
Lowest closing price was $15.15 on March 9, 2009.