How does Ornate work when selling?

b.makusub17_ESO

I have two pieces of Ornate equipment that raise my "sell to vender" 125% per item. If I try to sell items, whether I have these items equipped or not, the prices I sell things for is the same. I don't see that I'm getting a benefit. Or is it that this item is simply worth more as it has the Ornate property? And it's better to sell than to destruct? What am I missing?

Erahth

Ornate, as far as I understand it, increases the sell price to a vendor. If you have a standard iron dagger and an Ornate dagger, the Ornate should be 1.25x the sell price of the standard. I'm not entirely sure if it rounds up/down the price, or whether it truncates the remainder. Either way, you should get a little extra coin for your effort. Also, you can't learn the Ornate trait, so there's no point in saving them to research.

It's up to you whether you value the deconstruct materials or the coin more. At these early stages, I'd hazard a guess the materials will be worth more, but when items are worth a couple of hundred or thousand, the extra 25% will be more substantial.

Cheers