Sell to Us · Vintage Jewelry · San Juan Capistrano
Sell your jewelry in the town where our story starts.
San Juan Capistrano is the one city where you do not have to take our word for anything, because our shop is standing in it. Old 44 Vintage sits just off the historic district, a few minutes from Los Rios Street, and the people who buy jewelry for California Vintage Buyers are the same people behind that counter. Walk in with a jewelry box any open day and it gets read the same way it would at your table: loupe out, marks explained, honest numbers.
The town's own jewelry runs deep. The oldest neighborhood in California sits here, the equestrian properties hold generations of accumulation, and the mission town's families kept Mexican silver, turquoise, and Spanish-revival pieces that trace the whole coast's history. Whether it is one ring or a ranch household's worth, we evaluate everything in front of you and pay cash the same visit.
What we buy in our home town
Estate jewelry and gold
Deco through mid-century pieces from the town's longtime families, priced against collectors with the reasoning out loud.
Mexican silver and turquoise
Taxco, eagle-stamped pieces, and the Southwest silver a mission town accumulates. Marks dated properly, notable makers priced individually.
Signed costume and designer pieces
Cocktail-era names through modern designers, every clasp checked, because the signature changes everything.
Ranch and equestrian estates
The full sweep of a longtime property: jewelry first, then silver, art, denim, tack, and the barns, all in one honest visit.
Walk in, or we come to you
This is the shortest distance between a seller and our loupe anywhere in California. Walk into Old 44 Vintage with the box, no appointment needed, or call and we will come to you anywhere in San Juan Capistrano, from the historic district to the equestrian streets off Ortega Highway and the hillside homes above the mission. Either way the process is identical: every piece read in front of you, every number explained, cash before we part. Call or text photos to (949) 449-1255.
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
Can I really just walk in with a jewelry box?
Yes. That is what the shop is for, and jewelry gets read at the counter whenever we are open. If the collection is large or you would rather not carry it, say the word and we will come to the house instead, usually within a day or two.
Why does it matter that you have an actual shop?
Because accountability has an address. A buyer you can revisit tomorrow prices differently than a stranger passing through, and a business that lives here answers for its offers. You can meet us, look at what we sell, and judge whether we know the material before you show us a single piece.
Do you handle the jewelry part of a larger estate here in town?
Constantly. Jewelry is usually the first and most sensitive category a family clears, so we start there, carefully and itemized, then work through whatever else the household holds on the same visit if you want: furniture, art, silver, denim, the garage, the barn.
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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