Sell to Us · Costume Jewelry · Los Angeles
The best costume jewelry in America was made for Los Angeles.
No city on earth produced or consumed costume jewelry the way Los Angeles did. The studios needed jewels that read from thirty feet under hot lights, and Joseff of Hollywood built an empire renting them exactly that: the pieces in Gone with the Wind and a thousand other films came out of a Burbank workshop. Eisenberg's theatrical rhinestones dressed the same world. And the women of mid-century LA bought the retail versions by the drawerful, which is why LA estates give up more good costume jewelry than anywhere else in the country.
We buy costume jewelry across all of Los Angeles County, in person, with a loupe on every clasp and pin stem. We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano, and we sort the way the collector market sorts: signed from unsigned, Bakelite from Lucite, the theatrical and the special from the merely pretty. You watch the whole process and hear the reasoning behind every number.
The LA names and pieces we look hardest for
Joseff of Hollywood
The Russian gold finish, the figural pieces, anything with the Joseff mark. Studio history in metal, and collectors treat it that way.
Eisenberg and Schiaparelli
Big theatrical rhinestone brooches, Eisenberg Original and block-letter marks, and Schiaparelli's strange saturated stones.
Haskell, Trifari, and the majors
Hand-wired Haskell pearls, Crown Trifari figurals and jelly bellies, Boucher, Coro Duette, Weiss, and the rest of the signed tier.
Collections and wardrobe lots
A costumer's accumulation, a dresser of decades, a garment-district sample stash. We sort the lot honestly in front of you.
House calls from Long Beach to the Valley
LA costume jewelry surfaces everywhere the twentieth century lived: the deco apartments of Hancock Park and Los Feliz, the postwar houses of Long Beach, Lakewood, and Whittier with their 1940s sweetheart brooches, the Valley homes of studio wardrobe people who brought pieces home for decades. We make Los Angeles runs weekly from our Laguna Hills warehouse, and a jewelry box is reason enough for a visit on its own. If the box is part of a whole estate, we evaluate everything else in the house on the same trip and pay cash before we leave.
Why It Matters
The difference between ordinary and valuable is in the details: a stitch, a hallmark, a date code. Knowing them is our entire job.
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
How do I know if a piece is actually Joseff of Hollywood?
Genuine Joseff is marked, usually Joseff Hollywood or Joseff in script on the back, and the matte Russian gold finish is distinctive once you have seen it. Marks wear and fakes exist, so we check construction and finish as well as the signature. Text photos of the front and back to (949) 449-1255 and we can usually tell you the same day.
Do you buy from estate cleanouts and wardrobe collections?
Constantly, and LA produces both. A late costumer's collection, a parent's apartment in the mid-Wilshire district, a Long Beach house held since the 1950s. We evaluate at your pace, explain what we are seeing, and make one clear offer for what we want.
Is unsigned costume jewelry worth anything?
Sometimes, honestly, yes. Good Bakelite is often unsigned, early Haskell was unsigned, and well-made unsigned deco pieces have a market. That is why we look at construction and materials, not just marks, before anything gets called modest.
Know what it’s worth before you sell.
Our field guides explain how the market actually prices these things. No fishing, no hype: real ranges and the details that move 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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