Sell to Us · Long Beach
Long Beach already knows vintage. We just pay for it at the source.
Any city with a Retro Row understands that old things have value. Fourth Street has been proving it for decades. But the jewelry that stocks those shops comes from somewhere, and usually that somewhere is a Long Beach household: a craftsman in Rose Park with three generations of jewelry boxes, a mid-century place in Los Altos where the costume pieces were bought new, a Naples home where the good sterling stayed in its drawer.
We are California Vintage Buyers, founded by the team behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano. We buy vintage and estate jewelry directly from Long Beach sellers, at your table, with everything explained as we go. Bakelite bangles, signed sterling, mid-century gold, the tangle of costume and fine that every long household accumulates. If you like the offer, we pay cash before we leave.
Vintage jewelry we buy in Long Beach
Bakelite and early plastics
Carved bangles, figural pins, and dress clips from the 1930s and 40s
Signed sterling silver
Mexican makers like Los Castillo and Spratling, Danish modern, and American studio pieces
Mid-century costume jewelry
Miriam Haskell, Trifari, Eisenberg, and the unsigned pieces that still sell
Estate gold and diamonds
Rings, watches, and chains priced on the resale market, not just melt weight
Full jewelry boxes and households
We buy the jewelry alongside furniture, clothing, and collections in one visit
Craftsman drawers and mid-century boxes, all over Long Beach
Long Beach jewelry tends to layer the way the city's houses do. The craftsman neighborhoods around Rose Park and California Heights hold the oldest pieces: Victorian brooches, early Bakelite, wartime sweetheart jewelry. The postwar streets of Los Altos and Lakewood Village added the mid-century boxes, full of signed costume pieces bought downtown when Pine Avenue still had jewelers. In Naples and Belmont Shore, the fine jewelry runs deeper. We read all of it in one visit, and because we also run full estate sales and household buyouts, the jewelry does not have to be handled separately from everything else. One walkthrough, one honest number, cash if you want it.
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 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
Is costume jewelry actually worth selling?
Good costume jewelry, yes. Carved Bakelite, signed pieces by Haskell or Eisenberg, and well-made unsigned mid-century pieces all have real collector markets. We sort the sellable from the sentimental in front of you and explain the difference as we go.
Can you buy the jewelry along with the rest of the house?
Yes, and that is often the cleanest way. We buy full households and run estate sales, so the jewelry, furniture, clothing, and collections can be handled in a single visit with one clear offer instead of five separate strangers.
How do you price signed sterling?
By maker and market, not by weight. A Spratling cuff or a Georg Jensen brooch sells to collectors for far more than its silver content, and our offer reflects that. We show you the reasoning while you watch, not afterward.
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
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