Sell to Us · Gold Jewelry · Laguna Beach
In an art town, the gold is rarely just gold.
The gold that comes out of Laguna Beach households is a different animal. A century as an art colony left its boxes full of the unusual: hand-wrought gold from studio jewelers, designer pieces bought off Festival of Arts booths, heavy chains and estate jewelry from the canyon and hillside homes, and gold gifts kept for decades in the village cottages. Selling that class of jewelry to a scrap scale is a quiet act of self-harm, because a signed or hand-made piece in good condition is routinely worth several times its melt value.
Our first pass through a Laguna drawer is not a weighing, it is a sorting: signatures, hallmarks, and how a piece was made come first, so everything with a jewelry-market price gets one. Whatever genuinely belongs on the scale is then weighed in front of you against the day’s price, with the percentage stated up front. We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano, ten minutes over the hill, the visit is discreet and unhurried, and payment is cash or check the same day.
What we buy across Laguna Beach
Designer and studio gold
Signed modernist and hand-wrought pieces sell to the art-jewelry market, and we price them there first rather than melting the work away.
Estate gold and heavy chains
Substantial pieces weigh up fast, and the honest math on a real scale, in grams at a stated percentage, is worth watching happen.
Gold with fine stones
Settings holding good diamonds or colored stones are usually worth more assembled than melted. We price both ways and show you the bigger number.
Coins and bullion
From a few eagles in the safe to inherited holdings, priced piece by piece against the day’s spot price.
Over the hill in ten minutes, canyon to coast
We cover all of Laguna Beach from our Laguna Hills warehouse: the village flats, Bluebird Canyon, Laguna Canyon, Arch Beach Heights, and Top of the World, plus South Laguna down to Three Arch Bay. Sellers here often prefer discretion, and the visit is built for it, one buyer, your table, and no part of the transaction shipped or outsourced. If you would rather meet at our shop in San Juan Capistrano, that works equally well. Call or text photos to (949) 449-1255.
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
Why would a hand-made or signed piece be worth more than its weight?
Because collectors and jewelry buyers pay for the maker, the design, and the finished work. A signed studio piece can bring multiples of its melt value in the right market, and our first job is telling you which of your pieces belong there instead of on the scale.
How discreet is the visit, honestly?
One of us arrives at the time you choose, and the entire evaluation happens at your table. Nothing is photographed or listed without your agreement, and no third party ever handles your gold. Most visits take under an hour.
What should I not do before selling art or estate gold?
Do not polish or repair anything, since originality carries value a scale cannot measure, and do not let a buyer weigh gold where you cannot see the scale. Bring it as it sits and we will read the making and the marks before any weighing.
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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