Sell to Us · Turquoise & Silver
Sell turquoise to people who know Lone Mountain from Lander Blue.
Turquoise is a specialty, not a sideline, for us. Our own trays hold cuffs, squash blossoms, concho belts, and rings stamped by makers we recognize on sight. The pieces we buy from Southern California families are exactly what fills those trays.
The market rewards knowledge here more than almost anywhere. A heavy old cuff with natural, high-grade stone can be worth many times what a generic buyer offers for it as scrap silver weight. Hallmarks, stampwork, stone provenance, and age all matter, and we read all of them.
Silver and stone we buy
Old pawn and early pieces
Pre-1950s Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi work: ingot silver, hand-pulled wire, early stamps.
Cuffs and bracelets
Row bracelets, heavy ingot cuffs, cluster work, and signed contemporary masters.
Squash blossoms and necklaces
Naja necklaces, coral and heishi strands, and complete original sets.
Concho belts and buckles
First-phase style belts, stamped conchos, and ranger sets.
Natural stone
Lone Mountain, Lander Blue, Bisbee, Morenci, Number 8: named mines bring named prices.
Do not sell it as scrap silver
The saddest thing we see in this category is a family selling a collection to a gold-and-silver counter that weighs it. Old turquoise jewelry is worth more than its melt value, sometimes astonishingly more, and once a piece is melted the history is gone for good. Before any scale gets involved, send us a photo or have us out for a look. We will tell you what you actually have.
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.
From the Shop
Sell Native American Turquoise Jewelry in Orange County. We Come to You and Pay Cash
Read the transcript
Hey guys, Sam here at California Vintage Buyers in beautiful Orange County, California. Today we're going to talk a little bit about turquoise jewelry. When did it start? Well, late 1800s, they started mining silver and turquoise out of the ground in the beautiful deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Native American tribes such as the Navajo, the Hopi, the Zuni, they started making handcrafted beautiful jewelry out of it. And it has since become pretty collectible. And so we love the stuff personally and we are purveyors of it. And as you can see, they spent a lot of time making a lot of this stuff. We have some really old stuff, Fred Harvey era kinds of things, all the way up to just new 80s, 90s fun hearts kind of stuff. So we're into it all. If you've inherited any of this kind of stuff or you have some that you don't really wear much anymore, we would love to buy it and we pay fair prices for it. Please give us a call, 949-449-1255. We can come to you. We go all over Southern California. But yeah, great examples of the kind of things we buy. When in doubt, text us photos to that number or give us a call, 949-449-1255.
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
How can I tell if turquoise is natural?
Natural stone shows depth, matrix variation, and honest wear; stabilized and block material looks uniform. It takes a trained eye, which is exactly why we look in person before anyone talks numbers.
The jewelry is unsigned. Is it still valuable?
Often, yes. Most early Native American silverwork is unsigned. Construction, stampwork, and stone tell us the age and quality; a hallmark is a bonus, not a requirement.
Do you buy single pieces or full collections?
Both. One good cuff is worth a meeting. A lifetime collection from a trading post era family is worth a very careful afternoon.
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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