For instance:
This will be calculated in Vis, assuming you are selling your cash shop items for 200k per 25Gold.
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80 Ancestial Rifle +6 (26AR), 72Gold/ea x8 Attempts to +6 = 576Gold or (4.6m Vis)*
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80 Ancestial Metal Armor +6 (26DR), 108Gold/ea x8 Attempts = 864Gold or (6.9m Vis)*
So Ancestial is better but only up to +6 or stock Elite. You also have to consider that you can +7 an Elite 84 plus add +3dr/ar to it where Ancestial does not have the option of +ar/dr.
Ref: http://forum.swordofthenewworld.com/index.php?showtopic=20764&st=0