Sell to Us · Dana Point
Sell vintage in Dana Point, where Killer Dana still echoes.
Before the harbor, there was Killer Dana: one of the great waves of old California, surfed by the pioneers and erased by the breakwater in 1966. The town has been quietly mourning and celebrating it ever since, and the boards, photographs, and stories from those years are the most sought-after material in town.
Free visit · cash offers · no obligation
Dana Point households hold more than surf history: the Lantern District streets carry mid-century homes with original contents, and the harbor decades filled dens with nautical brass, charts, and the gear of sailing families. We are fifteen minutes away and buy across all of it.
What Dana Point keeps
Pre-harbor surf pieces
Boards, photographs, and ephemera from the Killer Dana years and the Hobie generation.
Hobie history
Boards, skateboards, catalogs, and shop material from the brand born one town over.
Nautical and maritime
Brass instruments, charts, ship models, and the gear of fifty sailing seasons.
Lantern District households
Mid-century contents from the Street of the Golden Lantern grid and the bluffs.
Estates
Complete households from Capistrano Beach to Monarch Beach, one visit, one offer.
The Hobie connection runs deep
Hobie Alter started shaping in Laguna and built the empire from Dana Point’s doorstep, and half the garages in town seem to hold a piece of that story: balsa and foam boards, early skateboards, catalogs, team jackets. This material has a passionate collector base, and provenance multiplies value: a board with a receipt, a photo, or a family story attached is worth real money. We document those stories as part of the purchase.
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
How do I know if an old board is a Hobie that matters?
Logos, stringer details, and construction date a board, and shop records fill gaps. Bring us to it before any restoration: original condition, even rough, beats a fresh glass job.
Do you buy boat gear and nautical antiques?
The vintage end, yes: brass, instruments, ship models, flags, and pre-fiberglass era gear. Modern marine equipment is not our lane, and we will say so honestly.
Can you do a quick walkthrough before a remodel?
Yes, and please call before the dumpster arrives. Pre-remodel walkthroughs are short, free, and have saved remarkable things in this town more than once.