[Request] what would be the value of this brick today?
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There are a lot of flawed calculations here, but they all seem to focus on the material value. However, the value of an object is not just it’s material value.
You find the golden Lego brick for sale for around $15,000. That’s the question to OP’s answer.
Also, I found this if you’re interested in melting it down:
>This brick is 25.65g of 14K gold
So, apparently a standard 2×4 lego brick weighs 2.32g and the density of the plastic it’s made of is about 1.1g/cubic cm. Meaning that a brick has a volume of about 2.5 cubic cm. Gold is 19.32g per cubic cm so roughly 50g of gold in total. At about £40(51 USD) per gram for 14 carat gold that is roughly £2000 (2600 USD) per brick.
A LEGO brick has an average volume of 2.4824 cm³. Gold has an average density of 19.3 g/cm³. That puts the average weight of a golden Lego brick at 47.9103 grams. Gold values at $96.02 USD right now making the value of this LEGO brick:
$4,600.35 USD
Edit: I missed the 14 karat gold part. 14 karat gold made up of 58.3% pure 24 karat gold and typically values at 58.3% of pure gold. That brings the actual value down to $2,682.00 USD.
Sources:
[LEGO brick volume](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-volume-of-plastic-in-a-4×2-Lego-brick)
[Gold density](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold)
[Gold value](https://goldprice.org/)
piece weight = 2.32 g
plastic density = 1.1 g/cm^3
14ct density = 14 g/cm^3
Price for grams of 14ct gold = $51 USD
(2.32 / 1.1) x 14 x 51 = $1506 USD
25 years getting a gold in return sounds decent idea
most shitty companies would give you a toilet paper that says thanks for slaving away wagy cagy
According to BrickLink, a 2×4 LEGO brick is about 2.32g. And the median density of ABS plastic (which is what most LEGO is made out of) is around 1.07 g/cm^3. That would put the volume of plastic in a LEGO element around roughly 2.4824 cubic centimeters.
2,4824 cm3 of gold is rougly 50 grams but please note that prticular brick was much thinner than a real brick weighting only 25,65 grams which is 2462 Usd for gold at current price roughly 96 Usd per gram.
Of course, this is only face value of gold. The value of brick as a rare collector items… I can do $1200, not a penny more because I have to frame it and I have a business to run. Yeah, it will be VERY expensive for a collector.
One of those bricks was sold 2 years ago in a German TV show for 13100 Euro. It was valued at up to 17000 by the „experts“
https://youtu.be/27aDXstZ4Yw?si=N8EcV4q-i0vCX02i
Simple answer.
Monitoring the current price of by gold by ounce. Weigh the brick. Do the calculations.
What gets more complicated is the collector value.
This can never be truly calculated until someone actually holds over the money (via sale and auction.)
The key to everything in life,
“It’s only worth what someone will give you for it.”
You have to look for comps (comparable). Has there been a record of other people paying for this?