Ridged White Gold Ring, Hopi Indian Eagle Motif. The design of the middle flat section of the above ridged 9ct White Gold ring was created in Sydney, though the eagle motif itself is very closely modelled on an old Arizona American Indian design.
The above Ridged White Gold Ring is a Sydney product, designed and created and worked in Sydney. Its weight in solid 9ct White Gold is 6.8 grams. 6.8 grams of 9ct White Gold, as scrap, i.e approx what one would get for it selling it to be scrapped, melted down to a shapeless blob, would fetch just on 50% of the discounted $900 on-site price of this ring (as of April 2025).
There are, however, other components in the creation of an item such as the above Ridged White Gold Ring, like the making of the three parts, band and ridges, and the soldering of those three parts together; and then there is the clean-up and polish. And of course there is the 10% GST to be taken out of that $900 reduced price. So long as the world Gold price remains at its current elevated levels, this ring, once it finds a buyer, will not be made again, for the profit involved is not worth the making.