Sell to Us · Gold Jewelry · Irvine
High-karat gold deserves a buyer who pays for the fourth nine.
Irvine holds more high-karat gold than any city we buy in: 22k and 24k wedding sets, baby bracelets from red-egg celebrations, Chuk Kam pieces stamped 999, and gold gifted across generations of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, and Persian households. The quiet scandal of the gold-buying trade is what happens to those pieces at an ordinary counter, where everything gets tested quickly and paid as if it were 14k or 18k. The difference on a single wedding set can be hundreds of dollars.
We pay at true karat. Every piece is tested and weighed in front of you, fineness stamps like 916 and 999 are read and honored, the day's price sits on the table, and the percentage is stated before the scale moves. Jade and stone settings are priced as jewelry rather than torn down to metal math. We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano, and we come to you anywhere in Irvine, evenings and weekends included.
What we buy across Irvine
22k and 24k gold
Wedding sets, bangles, chains, and gift pieces, including 916 and 999 fineness stamps. Tested and paid at their true karat, never averaged down.
Gold with jade and stones
Settings holding jade, diamonds, or fine stones are usually worth more assembled than melted. We price both ways and show you the bigger number.
Western estate gold
The 14k and 18k side of the drawer, chains, rings, and bracelets, weighed transparently in grams against the day's price.
Coins and gift bullion
Pandas, maple leafs, eagles, and the small bars that arrive as gifts. Priced cleanly against spot, piece by piece.
Every village, on your schedule
We cover all of Irvine from our Laguna Hills warehouse fifteen minutes south: Woodbridge, Turtle Rock, Northwood, Westpark, University Park, and the newer Great Park neighborhoods. Visits fit real schedules, evenings and weekends work, and family members are welcome to watch every step, which is exactly how we prefer it. Text photos of the pieces and any stamps to (949) 449-1255 and we will tell you the same day what you are holding.
A Recent Find
A 1940s Levi’s Type 1 jacket, sold to us by a former dealer who knew exactly what he had. We paid $12,000 in cash, the same day.
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 you will not pay my 24k gold like 14k?
Watch the test and read the stamp with us. Fineness marks like 916, 990, and 999 state exactly what the metal is, our testing confirms it in front of you, and the price per gram we quote is specific to that karat. If a buyer ever quotes you one blended price for a mixed pile, that is the moment to leave.
Do you buy gold with jade set in it?
Yes, and carefully. Good jade can be worth far more than the gold holding it, so those pieces get priced as jewelry against the jade market, never weighed as scrap. We are honest about when a piece deserves specialist certification to reach its full price.
Can you come in the evening after work?
Yes. Irvine visits run evenings and weekends routinely, and the evaluation takes under an hour for a typical collection. Cash the same visit, or a check if you prefer not to hold cash.
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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