Sell to Us · Newport Beach

Newport Beach house calls, for things worth a second look.

Free visit · cash offers · no obligation

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Newport Beach homes hold a particular kind of collection, built over decades of good taste and travel, from Lido Isle living rooms to Corona del Mar closets. When it is time to let pieces go, the usual options feel wrong: shipping heirlooms to an auction house, or inviting the public in for a sale weekend.

We make discreet house calls instead. One visit, a knowledgeable look at whatever you are considering selling, a watch, a closet, a full estate, and a cash offer on the spot. No obligation, and no one needs to know we were there.

What we’re asked to look at in Newport

Watches & jewelry

Vintage Rolex and fine wristwatches, estate jewelry, and signed pieces.

Designer & vintage fashion

Quality leather, furs, denim, Hermès and the like, decades of good closets.

Art & decor

California paintings, prints, bronzes, and nautical pieces with real provenance.

China & fine things

Crystal, china, and the formal rooms nobody uses anymore.

Full estates

Complete contents handled privately, on timelines that respect escrow and family.

Discretion is the service

From the Peninsula and Balboa Island to Cliff Haven, Dover Shores, and down to Corona del Mar, we arrive in an unmarked vehicle, we are punctual, and we are comfortable working alongside estate attorneys, fiduciaries, and family offices. Many Newport calls start with one item and a bit of curiosity; where it goes from there is entirely up to you.

Sam and Jake of California Vintage Buyers behind a truck bed loaded with vintage denim from a buying trip
Sam and Jake with a truck bed of denim from one Northern California buying trip.

How We Work

We evaluate everything in front of you, explain what we’re seeing, and pay cash before we leave. No consignment, no waiting on a sale.

How it works

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Call or text photos.

A real conversation about what you have, no pressure to sell.

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We come to you.

We look at everything, at your pace. We know what we're seeing.

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Cash offer, same visit.

A fair price on the spot, or a full estate sale run for you.

Common questions

Can you evaluate just one or two items?

Of course. A single watch or painting is a perfectly good reason for a house call in Newport, and it is often how longer relationships with families begin.

Do you work with trustees and estate attorneys?

Regularly. We can provide itemized purchase documentation for fiduciary records, work through counsel, and pay the estate directly.

How do your offers compare to auction?

Auction can win for blue-chip pieces with international demand, and we will say so when it is true. Our offer wins on certainty: cash now, no seller’s fees, no reserve anxiety, no nine-month settlement.

We have half hull models and ships’ brass from the Balboa Island house. How do we tell the real ones from decorator copies?

A builder’s half hull is carved from stacked wood lifts glued face to face, so you can usually see faint seams between the layers along the deck edge, and it is mounted on a finished backboard, often with a plaque naming the boat. Decorator copies are molded or cut from one thin piece, and the same hull turns up in a dozen living rooms. Leave the brass alone: tarnish on a binnacle or a ship’s clock is expected, and polishing it off strips the aged surface buyers look for. If any paperwork survives, keep it with the piece, because a named boat with a documented history is worth more than a handsome anonymous one.

Dad’s Rolex has not run in years. Should I have it serviced before you look at it?

No. A service usually means a polished case and replaced parts, and both work against you: polishing rounds the sharp edges of the lugs permanently, and a swapped dial, bezel or set of hands can cost more value than a running movement adds. Collectors pay for original surfaces and original components, so a dusty watch that stopped in a drawer is exactly how we want to see it. Keep the box, papers, spare links and any old service receipts together with the watch.

One call. We’ll take itfrom there.

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