Sell to Us · Jade & Asian Antiques
Family jade deserves a slow, respectful read.
Free visit · cash offers · no obligation
Jade is not one thing. A bright apple green jadeite bangle and a soft celadon nephrite carving are different materials with different markets, and family pieces carried from Vietnam or China often arrive with history attached and no paperwork at all. We sit with these pieces slowly, explain what we are seeing in plain language, and never treat an heirloom like inventory. If you need time to think, take it. Nothing about this visit is rushed.
Beyond jade we buy porcelain, bronzes, scholar’s objects, embroidered textiles, and carved furniture. We are also honest about the ceiling: a top jadeite bangle or an important piece of porcelain can do better at a specialist Asian art auction, and when that is true we say so and point you down that road. For everything else we make a fair cash offer the same visit. Visits can be arranged in Vietnamese.
What we sit down for
Jadeite bangles and pendants
Bangles, Buddha and gourd pendants, and rings, from bright green through lavender and honey.
Nephrite and older carvings
Celadon and spinach jade figures, archaistic pieces, and well-worn carvings handed down in families.
Chinese and Vietnamese porcelain
Blue and white, famille rose, marked pieces, and wares carried carefully over generations.
Scholar’s objects
Brush pots, ink stones, seals, snuff bottles, and small bronzes from the writing desk.
Jade jewelry
Carved and cabochon jade, the classic forms of Vietnamese and Chinese family jewelry, valued by the stone and the carving.
From Little Saigon to the San Gabriel Valley
Orange County holds the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, and we regularly sit down with families in Westminster, Garden Grove, and Fountain Valley whose jade and family pieces came over after 1975, sometimes sewn into clothing, always meaning more than their weight. We also work the San Gabriel Valley, where Arcadia, San Marino, and Monterey Park households hold serious porcelain and scholar’s pieces. These visits are unhurried by design. We explain what we see, in Vietnamese if that is more comfortable, and we are plain about the times a specialist Asian art auction will beat our best number. The visit is free, family members are welcome at the table, and nothing leaves the house until you are ready.
Why It Matters
The difference between ordinary and valuable is in the details: a stitch, a hallmark, a date code. Knowing them is our entire job.
How it works
Call or text photos.
A real conversation about what you have, no pressure to sell.
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
Can you tell whether my jade is real jadeite?
We are experienced buyers, not certified gemologists, and we say so plainly. We read color, translucence, weight, and carving quality, and we explain our reasoning at the table. For a piece that might be top quality, a gem lab report is worth getting, and we will tell you when it is.
Can the visit happen in Vietnamese?
Yes. Visits can be arranged in Vietnamese, and we encourage children or grandchildren to join the conversation. Selling a parent’s jade is a family decision, and everyone at the table should understand exactly what is being said about each piece and why.
What if my piece belongs at auction instead?
Then we tell you that, in those words. Important jadeite, imperial-quality porcelain, and rare scholar’s objects can bring more through a specialist Asian art sale, and pretending otherwise would cost you money. We would rather earn the rest of the household honestly than overreach on one piece.
The bangle came over sewn into a coat lining and has never been cleaned. Should we clean it now?
No. Keep it as it arrived, and keep whatever traveled with it: the cloth, the cord, the box, even the garment it was hidden in. Ultrasonic machines and jewelry dips can dull a polish and damage a dyed or treated surface, and surface grime hides nothing from a loupe. We read the piece as it is, with the family at the table, and we take as long as that takes.
How do you tell serious porcelain from a decorative reproduction?
Most of the reading happens on the underside. The unglazed foot rim shows the color and grain of the body, and genuine age leaves uneven wear only where the piece actually touched a shelf, while a reproduction is evenly matte or scuffed all over. Base marks matter but are widely copied, so they are one piece of evidence rather than the answer. Do not scrub the base, re-glue a lid, or remove old lacquer or metal staple repairs, which are historical in their own right.
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.
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