Sell to Us · Point Loma
Sell vintage in Point Loma, where the Navy and the tuna fleet came home.
Point Loma households were built by people who went to sea and brought things back. Navy officers settled above the harbor in La Playa and the Wooded Area, and their sea chests hold uniforms, cruise books, and souvenirs from tours through Japan and the Pacific. Down the hill in Roseville, Portuguese fishing families ran the tuna fleet that once made San Diego the tuna capital of the world.
We are California Vintage Buyers, founded by the crew behind Old 44 Vintage in San Juan Capistrano. We make free house calls throughout San Diego, and Point Loma visits are worth the drive: few neighborhoods layer military, maritime, and mid-century history this densely. We pay cash on the spot for what we buy, explain our reasoning as we go, and never pressure a decision.
What we buy from Point Loma homes
Navy uniforms and sea chests
Dress blues, flight jackets, cruise books, and footlockers packed after Pacific deployments.
Japan and Pacific souvenirs
Souvenir jackets, kimono, porcelain, carvings, and pieces carried home from Yokosuka and beyond.
Vintage clothing and denim
Sailor-worn Levi's, aloha shirts, and workwear with real age and honest wear.
Mid-century furniture
Clean-lined pieces bought new for Sunset Cliffs and Fleetridge homes in the 1950s-60s.
Tuna fleet and maritime history
Fleet photographs, ship instruments, cannery items, and Portuguese community memorabilia.
From La Playa to Sunset Cliffs
Every part of the peninsula tells us what to look for. The older homes of La Playa and the Wooded Area belonged to officers and captains, and their closets and garages hold the deepest military and travel material. Roseville and the streets near Shelter Island carry the tuna fleet story, from the Portuguese Hall out to the canneries that once lined the waterfront. Along Sunset Cliffs, post-war houses were furnished in one confident mid-century sweep and often never redecorated. We read all of it together in a single free visit, and we treat service items with the respect they deserve, whether the family sells them or decides to keep them.
Our Word
One phone call is the whole process. A real person answers, we come to you, and you decide with a cash offer in hand.
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
My father brought a jacket back from Japan in the 1950s. Do those really have value?
Embroidered souvenir jackets, often called sukajans, have a strong collector market in the United States and Japan. Condition and design drive the price widely, so we would want to see it in person, but they are absolutely worth showing us.
Are you comfortable handling a career officer's uniforms and medals?
Yes, and carefully. We buy uniforms, insignia, and related material for collectors who preserve them, and we will tell you honestly if something is better kept in the family or donated. Named medals get an extra conversation, not a quick number.
Do I need to sort or research anything before you come?
No. Leave the sea chest as it sits. We do the identifying during the visit and explain what matters as we find it. You will hear our reasoning in plain terms before any offer, and there is no obligation either way.
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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