Sell to Us · Costume Jewelry · Orange County
Orange County jewelry boxes are full of names nobody checked.
Orange County holds one of the deepest supplies of good costume jewelry in the country, and most of it is about to be sold for a dollar a piece at an estate sale. The county's retirement communities, Laguna Woods above all, concentrated a whole generation of women who bought their cocktail jewelry new in the 1940s through the 1960s, wore it well, and kept it. Trifari, Miriam Haskell, Eisenberg, Weiss, Coro: the names that matter hide on clasps and pin stems, and they are sitting in dresser drawers from Fullerton to San Clemente.
We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano, buying from a warehouse ten minutes away in Laguna Hills. Costume jewelry is a category we sort piece by piece, in front of you, with a loupe on every closure. The signed and the special get priced individually. The modest gets an honest lot offer. Nothing gets waved away as junk without being looked at first.
What we pull out of Orange County jewelry boxes
Signed designer costume
Miriam Haskell, Trifari, Eisenberg, Schiaparelli, Boucher, and the other names collectors chase. The signature is tiny and often worn; we check every piece.
Bakelite
Carved bangles, cherry and figural pins, and dice. We test suspected Bakelite properly at the table instead of guessing.
1940s sweetheart and retro pieces
Wartime brooches, lockets, and the big bold gold-tone pieces of the late 40s, a constant in longtime county households.
The whole unsorted box
Fine mixed with costume, tangled and unlabeled. We separate the piles in front of you and explain each one.
House calls countywide, usually within days
Our warehouse sits on Moulton Parkway in Laguna Hills, which puts every corner of Orange County within an easy drive: Laguna Woods and the south county retirement communities, the older neighborhoods of Fullerton, Orange, and Santa Ana where houses held the same family for fifty years, and the coast from Seal Beach to San Clemente. Costume jewelry is usually part of a larger moment, a downsizing or a parent's home being emptied, so we are happy to look at everything else in the house on the same visit. The evaluation is free, unhurried, and carries no obligation.
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 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
Is costume jewelry actually worth anything, or only gold?
Most costume jewelry is modest, and we say so plainly. But the right names are not: signed Miriam Haskell, Eisenberg, and Schiaparelli pieces bring real collector money, and good Bakelite can outprice gold jewelry sitting in the same box. The only way to know which box you have is to check every clasp, which is exactly what we do.
My mother's jewelry box is a tangle of everything. Should I sort it first?
Please do not. Sorting by appearance throws the valuable pieces in with the modest ones, because the difference is in the marks, not the looks. Bring us the tangle. We sort it on the table in front of you, signed from unsigned, and price the piles honestly.
How fast can you come out in Orange County?
Usually within a day or two, sometimes the same day. We are based in Laguna Hills, so Orange County visits are the shortest drives we make. Call or text photos to (949) 449-1255 and we will tell you the same day whether a visit makes sense.
Know what it’s worth before you sell.
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