"tortured" Gold nugget (Alaska) ex Wes Parker Coll.

Item Description

For a gold nugget, this free-form, sculptural, "tortured look", and flattened specimen is extremely aesthetic. The edges were "tortured" or folded, either by natural forces during gold deposition or by very light river tumbling. The rich, mellow-yellow color is mesmerizing and the form is nifty. Its weight is 11 grams. Gold bullion price is currently over $1145 per troy ounce or nearly $37 per gram. Bullion value is over $400. Specimen value is certainly more as this is from an Alaskan locality, where not much specimen gold has ever reached the market; and it is aesthetic. I think $1000-1250 a fair value range, regardless of spot (either last year, this year, or next year)