Sell to Us · Gold Jewelry · Newport Beach
Newport gold is rarely just gold.
The gold that comes out of Newport Beach households tends to be a different animal: heavier pieces, designer names, Italian chains bought properly, bracelets from decades of Fashion Island receipts. Selling that class of jewelry to a scrap scale is a quiet act of self-harm, because a signed piece in good condition is routinely worth two to five times its melt value, and an ordinary gold counter will happily pay the smaller number.
Our first pass through a Newport drawer is not a weighing, it is a sorting: signatures, hallmarks, and construction 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, the visit is discreet and unhurried, and payment is cash or check the same day.
What we buy across Newport Beach
Designer and signed gold
Cartier, Tiffany, David Yurman, and the Italian houses. Signed pieces sell to the jewelry market, and we price them there first.
Heavy chains and bracelets
Substantial pieces weigh up fast, and the honest math on a real scale, in grams, at a stated percentage, is worth watching happen.
Estate gold and stones
Older pieces from long-held households, with fine stones assessed on their own merits rather than waved off as accents.
Coins and bullion
From a few eagles in the safe to inherited holdings, priced piece by piece against the day's spot price.
Discreet visits, Balboa to Newport Coast
We come to you anywhere in Newport Beach: Balboa Island, Corona del Mar, Dover Shores, Newport Coast, and the Peninsula. Sellers here often prefer discretion, and the visit is built for it, one buyer, your table, no signage on the truck, and no part of the transaction outsourced or shipped. If you would rather meet at our shop in San Juan Capistrano, that works equally well. 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
Why would a signed piece be worth more than its weight?
Because collectors and jewelry buyers pay for the name, the design, and the finished work. A signed bracelet 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, in an unmarked vehicle, and the entire evaluation happens at your table. Nothing is photographed or listed without your agreement, and no third party ever handles your jewelry. Most visits take under an hour.
Do you handle larger estates, not just a drawer?
Yes, regularly. Gold is often the first category a family wants settled, and we can evaluate the jewelry, silver, art, and the rest of a household in the same unhurried visit, with a clear itemized offer for what we want.
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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