Estate Buyers · Beverly Hills
Estate buying in Beverly Hills, where discretion is the whole point.
Free visit · cash offers · no obligation
In most cities, an estate sale is a weekend event. In Beverly Hills it is a problem: a line of strangers on the sidewalk, neighbors asking questions, photographs of the interior circulating online. Many of the families, fiduciaries, and family offices we work with here want the opposite. One visit, one honest number for the contents, and a quiet, complete removal with nothing announced to anyone.
We are California Vintage Buyers, based in Laguna Hills and the buyers behind the Old 44 Vintage shop, and we handle full estates as principals, not middlemen. That means cash offers on the spot for jewelry, art, and designer furnishings, with our reasoning explained in front of you. From the flats south of Wilshire to Trousdale, the visit is free and carries no obligation.
What we buy from Beverly Hills estates
Fine and estate jewelry
Signed and period pieces, priced against the real resale markets we sell into.
Designer furnishings
The furniture, lighting, and objects of decorated houses, priced by maker and provenance first.
Art and California paintings
Listed artists, plein air canvases, and mid-century works. We buy as dealers and say so plainly.
Designer furnishings
Trousdale modernism, traditional interiors from the flats, whole rooms or a single important piece.
Watches and small valuables
Wristwatches, cufflinks, objets, and the drawer of things nobody has opened since the seventies.
A private sale instead of a public one
We regularly work at the direction of professional fiduciaries, trust attorneys, and family offices, and we understand what that relationship requires: documentation, punctuality, and no surprises. A public estate sale in Beverly Hills invites foot traffic that many trusts simply cannot accept, and the net after staffing and commissions is often thinner than families expect. A private purchase replaces all of that with a single walkthrough. We look at everything together, from a Trousdale living room to a condo on the flats near Roxbury Park, explain what each category is worth in the markets we sell into, and hand over one number. If it works, we pay in cash and collect what we purchase on your schedule.
Our Word
One phone call is the whole process. A real person answers, we come to you, and you decide with a cash offer in hand.
How it works
Call or text photos.
A real conversation about what you have, no pressure to sell.
We come to you.
We look at everything, at your pace. We know what we're seeing.
Cash offer, same visit.
A fair price on the spot, or a full estate sale run for you.
Common questions
Can you work directly with a fiduciary or family office?
Yes, and we often do. We can deal with the trustee or representative rather than the family, provide itemized documentation of the purchase, and coordinate timing around escrow or a listing date. Everything is in writing and nothing about the estate is publicized.
When does a private sale make more sense than an estate sale?
When privacy matters, when the timeline is short, or when the value sits in a few strong categories like jewelry, art, and designer furnishings rather than a houseful of ordinary goods. We also run full estate sales, so we can honestly tell you which route nets more.
Are you appraisers?
No, and we will not pretend to be. We are dealers who buy at prices the resale market supports, and we explain that math in front of you. If the estate needs a formal appraisal for tax or legal purposes, that is a separate professional you should hire.
The house was decorated in the seventies and there is a file of the decorator’s invoices. Do those matter?
They matter a great deal. A decorated house is full of pieces that carry no visible label, and the original invoice, workroom order, or dealer receipt is often the only document naming the maker and the year, which is where the price starts. Keep that file with the furniture instead of shredding it along with the household paperwork. Before deciding a piece is unmarked, check under seat rails, the backs of case pieces, and the underside of lamp bases for a foil or paper label.
Should we have the California paintings cleaned or reframed before selling?
Please do not. Surface cleaning and re-varnishing by anyone other than a conservator can lift glazes and flatten the area around the signature, and a bright new frame costs money without returning it. More important, the back of the canvas is where attribution lives: stretcher stamps, gallery and exhibition labels, and old inventory numbers. Reframing and relining are the two most reliable ways to lose all of that, so photograph the front and the back and leave the rest alone.
One call. We’ll take it
from there.
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