Sell to Us · Los Angeles
Sell estate jewelry in Los Angeles without the trip downtown.
Most Angelenos with inherited jewelry end up on Hill Street, walking the downtown jewelry district booth by booth. The quotes come fast and low, because those counters pay dealer wholesale and expect you to haggle. If you were not raised negotiating gold by the pennyweight, that is a hard room to walk into with your mother’s jewelry box.
We work the other direction. We drive to you, anywhere from Hancock Park to Sherman Oaks, sit at your kitchen table, and go through the pieces one at a time. We weigh, test, and check signatures in front of you, explain which market each piece actually sells into, and make a cash offer on the spot. Free visit, no obligation, and the box never leaves your sight.
Estate jewelry we buy across Los Angeles
Signed pieces
Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef, Georg Jensen, and the smaller marks most counters skip past.
Gold and platinum jewelry
Chains, brooches, bracelets, and rings, priced as jewelry first and metal second.
Diamond and gemstone rings
Engagement rings, cocktail rings, and older cuts like Old European and Old Mine.
Mid-century and Retro pieces
Bold 1940s-50s gold, the kind that filled Los Angeles jewelry boxes after the war.
Watches and full jewelry boxes
Wristwatches, pocket watches, and the whole drawer, sorted honestly in front of you.
Why Los Angeles sellers call us instead of Hill Street
The downtown district works fine if you are a dealer. If you are a family, the math runs against you: wholesale prices, cash counters built for volume, and a quote that drops if you hesitate. Los Angeles jewelry boxes deserve better than that, because this city bought well. Hancock Park and Windsor Square households hold pieces from the old Brand Boulevard and Wilshire jewelers; the Valley holds decades of anniversary gold from Ventura Boulevard shops. We evaluate against the collector market we actually sell into, not the melt price, and we explain the difference between a piece worth its gold weight and a piece worth five times that. The visit is free anywhere in LA County.
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
How is your offer different from the downtown jewelry district?
Most district counters pay against gold and stone weight, then negotiate down. We price signed and period pieces against the collector market they resell into, and we explain each number in front of you. On plain gold the offers may be similar. On good pieces they usually are not.
Do you really drive out for a single ring?
For one modest ring, honestly, photos by text may serve you better and we will tell you so. For a jewelry box, a collection, or anything signed, yes, we come to you anywhere in Los Angeles. The visit is free either way.
Are you appraisers?
No, and we say so plainly. We are dealers who buy. We do not issue appraisal documents or certifications. What we offer is a real cash price, explained line by line, that you can weigh against any other quote you gather.
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
A real person answers, Monday through Saturday. Photos sent today are usually answered the same day.
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