Sell to Us · Sterling Silver
Sell the silver chest for more than its weight.
Every sterling chest faces the same fork in the road: the scale or the pattern book. Scrap buyers weigh; we identify first, because the right maker and pattern can be worth multiples of melt, and the difference belongs to you. Georg Jensen, early Tiffany, Martele, and the great American patterns deserve better than a number off a scale.
Free visit · cash offers · no obligation
We evaluate silver at your table, openly: pieces sorted, marks read aloud, weighable silver weighed in front of you, and the collectible pieces priced as the objects they are. The whole conversation takes an hour, and the check is written before we stand up.
Silver we price past the scale
Flatware services
Complete sets and partial services, with the serving pieces that carry the premiums.
Tea services and hollowware
Coffee and tea sets, trays, bowls, and the sideboard’s patient inhabitants.
The great makers
Jensen, Tiffany, Gorham Martele, and the names that turn weight into art.
Early and continental
Coin silver, Georgian and continental pieces, and marks worth a loupe’s attention.
The whole drawer
Weighted candlesticks, plate, and the mixed drawer, sorted honestly into what is what.
Watch the marks being read
Silver marks are a language: lions and anchors, date letters, maker’s stamps, and the tiny word sterling doing heavy lifting. We read them with you watching, explain what each mark means for value, and separate the monogrammed weighable from the collectible without sleight of hand. Estates across Southern California hold more good silver than any other heirloom category, and it deserves a literate buyer.
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
Do monograms ruin silver’s value?
For melt-priced pieces, no effect; for collectible pieces, it varies: period monograms on early silver can even add charm. We price each piece as the market actually treats it.
How do I know if pieces are sterling or plate?
Marks first: sterling, 925, or recognized hallmarks. Plate marks read differently, and weighted pieces declare themselves. We sort a mixed drawer in minutes and show you every call.
Is anyone still buying formal silver in this market?
Yes: melt value sets a real floor, collectors pay over it for the right makers, and the great names never stopped selling. Soft market honesty included free.