Victorian lockets, Edwardian filigree, Art Deco brooches, mid-century cocktail rings — antique gold often has more value than its weight. Before you let a piece be melted, let an experienced eye check the maker, era, and craftsmanship. In Dallas we pay both melt and antique value, and we always quote you the higher one.
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Estate executors, families settling Highland Park and Preston Hollow estates, downsizers from the M Streets and Lakewood, and clients from Plano, Frisco, and Southlake bring antique pieces to us because we don't default to melt. Many also visit us after a Heritage Auctions or estate-sale appointment didn't fit their timeline — we provide a same-day cash alternative.
We buy Georgian (pre-1837) mourning jewelry, Victorian lockets and seed-pearl pieces, Edwardian platinum-and-gold filigree, Art Nouveau enamel work, Art Deco geometric brooches and cocktail rings, Retro 1940s rose-gold, mid-century modernist work, and signed designer estate pieces from houses like Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Buccellati, Bvlgari, David Webb, Schlumberger, Verdura, and Boucheron. We also buy unsigned high-quality work in 18K and 22K, hand-engraved cameos, micromosaic souvenir jewelry, mourning hairwork, and Georgian foiled-gem rings.
Three layers go into the price. First, the gold itself: weight × purity × spot. Second, the maker and signature: a signed Cartier piece is worth what the secondary market pays for that exact reference, not what the gold weighs. Third, the era, design, and condition: original Victorian work in good condition holds significant premium; a heavily repaired or recut piece is closer to melt. We research recent auction results (Heritage, Christie's, Sotheby's, Doyle) and dealer comparables before quoting, and we always tell you whether your piece is worth more as antique or as melt.
Many pieces are worth multiples of melt — we identify those before any weighing.
Hallmark guides, designer catalogs, and recent auction results live at the counter.
Auction houses can take months. We pay cash today when you need to settle now.
We make a firm cash offer. Take it or take the piece home — no fee for the look.
Four straightforward steps — start to finish, usually under twenty minutes.
Original boxes, receipts, and certificates can meaningfully increase value.
Maker marks, hallmarks, period clues, and stones are checked. Auction comps are pulled.
You see both the melt value and the antique value. We pay the higher figure.
Larger estate transactions can be paid by same-day wire for security.