Sell to Us · San Marino
San Marino kept everything. We buy it quietly.
San Marino may be the most kept city in California. Households here were assembled deliberately, over decades, within walking distance of the Huntington and its gardens: real libraries, sterling flatware in full services, paintings bought from living artists, jewelry passed down with the house. When a home like that changes hands, the family usually wants two things at once, a fair price and absolute discretion. We are built for both.
We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano. Our visits to San Marino are by appointment, unmarked, and free. There is never signage, never a public sale unless you ask for one, and never an obligation. We make cash offers on the spot and put everything in writing, which matters when trustees and attorneys are reading over your shoulder.
What San Marino estates hold
Sterling silver
Full flatware services, tea sets, and hollowware, weighed and priced openly in front of you
Books and libraries
First editions, fine bindings, and Californiana collected by people who lived near a great library
Art and California paintings
Plein air, prints, and studio pieces, bought against the markets we actually sell into
Estate jewelry
Generations of rings, watches, and gold, reviewed piece by piece with our reasoning explained
Furniture and full estates
One number for the whole household, documented, with removal handled on your schedule
Discretion is the point in San Marino
San Marino does not do yard signs, and neither do we. Most of our work here happens on quiet weekday mornings: a single vehicle, a careful walkthrough from Lacy Park to the streets off Huntington Drive, and a written offer before we leave. When a trust or a fiduciary is involved, we provide itemized documentation of what we bought and what we paid, which executors tell us is rare among buyers. The estates themselves reward patience. A house near the Huntington might hold a working library, a full sterling service used every Sunday, and a jewelry drawer nobody has opened since the eighties. We take the time to read all of it, then give you one clear, honest number.
How We Work
We evaluate everything in front of you, explain what we’re seeing, and pay cash before we leave. No consignment, no waiting on a sale.
How it works
Call us.
A real conversation about what you have, no forms, no waiting.
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
The estate is in a trust. Can you provide documentation for the fiduciary?
Yes. We provide an itemized record of what we purchased and what we paid, suitable for trust accounting. Executors and attorneys use our paperwork regularly. Everything is stated in writing before money changes hands, not reconstructed afterward.
Will the neighbors know anything is happening?
No. We arrive by appointment in a single unmarked vehicle, there is no signage, and nothing is staged outside. If you want a private sale rather than a public estate sale, the entire transaction can happen inside the house in an afternoon.
Who decides what the silver and paintings are worth?
We do, openly, and you watch us do it. We are dealers rather than certified appraisers, so our offers reflect the real markets we sell into, silver by weight and maker, art by artist and demand. We explain each number, and you are free to decline any of them.
One call. We’ll take it
from there.
(949) 449-1255Mon-Sat 6 am-8 pm · Sun 8 am-5 pm
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