Sell to Us · Gold Jewelry · Laguna Niguel
Your gold should never travel in an envelope.
The mail-in gold envelope is one of the most reliable ways to lose money in America. The weighing happens in another state, the offer arrives as a deposit you have to claw back if it insults you, and the fine print behaves accordingly. Laguna Niguel households sit ten minutes from a better transaction: a buyer at your own table, a scale you can watch, and cash that does not require trusting a prepaid envelope.
We are the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano, buying gold across Laguna Niguel from our warehouse just up the road. Every piece is karat tested and weighed in front of you, the day's price and our percentage are stated before the math starts, and anything worth more as jewelry, signed pieces, fine stones, antique settings, gets priced the better way. If we agree, you are paid in full before we leave.
What Laguna Niguel sellers bring us
The gold drawer
Chains, rings, bracelets, single earrings, and the broken pile. Weighed honestly in grams against the visible day's price.
Inherited gold from elsewhere
Pieces that traveled here with the family, often unmarked or foreign. Tested properly and paid at true karat.
Watches with gold cases
A gold watch is two values, the metal and the watch. We price both and pay the better one, and we explain which is which.
Coins and small bullion
Eagles, Krugerrands, and gift coins, priced individually against spot with the math visible.
Ten minutes away, every neighborhood
Marina Hills, Niguel Summit, Bear Brand, Kite Hill, Rancho Niguel, and the Crown Valley corridor: all of Laguna Niguel sits within an easy drive of our Laguna Hills warehouse, and visits usually happen within a day or two of the call. Evenings and weekends work. The evaluation is free, carries no obligation, and beats any envelope on speed alone. Call or text photos to (949) 449-1255.
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
What is actually wrong with the mail-in gold companies?
The transaction is built on you not watching. You cannot see the scale, the karat call, or the price used, and disputing a low offer means chasing your own jewelry through the mail. Selling in person with the scale in front of you removes every one of those blind spots in a single hour.
How fast can this happen?
Usually within a day or two of the call, sometimes same day, and the visit itself takes well under an hour for a typical drawer. Cash on the spot when we agree.
What if some pieces turn out to be plated?
Then we say so plainly, show you the test, and hand them back. Plated jewelry mixed with real gold is completely normal in a family drawer, and identifying it honestly is part of the service, not a disappointment we hide.
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.
Prefer photos? Text them straight to the same number · or send them here
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