What we buy · Estate & Inherited Metal
Selling Inherited Gold and Silver
An estate rarely arrives sorted. It arrives as a box — jewelry, coins, flatware, a watch, some things that are gold and some that only look it.
No appointment needed. No obligation to sell.
Live metal market
This is the market your offer is calculated against — not a chart printed last week. Your items are tested and weighed at the counter, and the arithmetic is done in front of you.
Fort Lauderdale
3562 N Ocean Blvd, Suite B
Galt Ocean Mile
Walk in
Mon–Fri 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
No appointment needed
2004
Buying gold in Broward County since
1983
Family owned and buying in Broward since
87,000+
Items sold on eBay at a 100% rating
Live
Spot pricing, tested and weighed in front of you
Before you sell
What to watch out for
The pressure in estate sales is usually time, not money. Executors want it finished, families want it fair, and the temptation is to accept the first number from whoever will take the whole box. That is when good pieces get valued as scrap.
At the counter
How this one is valued
An estate is sorted before anything is assessed. The box gets split into categories at the counter, gold by grade, silver, platinum, plate, costume, coins, watches, and each category then goes through its own test, because a crown and a coin and a chain are not judged the same way. Older estates carry a lot of unmarked work, which means testing rather than reading. What comes out is an itemized list with a weight and a purity beside each line, not one figure for the box.
How we handle it
- The whole box gets sorted and valued item by item, in front of you.
- Anything worth more than melt is flagged rather than bought as scrap.
- A written breakdown you can take to the family or the other executor.
- No obligation. Take the numbers away and think about them.
Said plainly
When it is worth more than the metal
Estates produce more above-melt pieces than any other category, because somebody chose these things over decades. The signals are physical. A coin album or a Whitman folder means a collection was assembled on purpose and should be read coin by coin. A hallmarked Deco setting. Hand engraving. A running pocket watch. A flatware service with its chest. High-karat Indian or Middle Eastern work that still sells retail as jewelry. We flag all of it, and sometimes the advice is an auction house instead of us. It is your family's money.
What not to do
Before you bring it in
Keep the lot together and bring it whole, including the costume tray and the box of buttons, because gold clasps and unmarked chain hide in both. Do not clean, polish or dip anything. Do not divide it between heirs before it is valued, since dividing by appearance is how one person ends up with the plate and another with the sterling. Photograph the lot at home before it travels, for your own records and for any other executor. And confirm you have authority to sell before you sell.
Bringing it in
Bring everything, including the things you are sure are worthless — costume pieces sometimes have gold clasps, and unmarked items are common in older estates. Where several people share an interest, a written itemized valuation usually settles the conversation faster than an opinion.
The market right now
These are live spot prices per troy ounce. They are the starting point for the arithmetic, not the offer — see what your gold is worthfor how a counter price is actually built.
There is no single weight for an estate. A properly valued box produces one line per metal and grade, and the totals add up in front of you. One number for the whole lot is the thing to be suspicious of, wherever it comes from. A probate appraisal and a purchase offer are also different documents, and they will not carry the same figure.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can I get a written valuation?
- Yes, itemized, whether or not you sell.
- What if the family disagrees?
- An itemized written breakdown is usually what resolves it. Take it away and discuss.
- Do I need to sort it first?
- No. Bring it as it is.
- What about probate?
- Executors should confirm they have authority to sell. We are not able to advise on that.
Areas served
Where our sellers come from
Our counter
Galt Ocean Mile
Our Fort Lauderdale counter is on this stretch of North Ocean Boulevard. For the oceanfront towers here it is a walk, and estate jewelry from these buildings is a large part of what crosses the counter.
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5 min
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Minutes north on A1A. A older, settled population means estate lots rather than one-off pieces — often a full box after a house is cleared.
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6 min
Coral Ridge
Six minutes south along Federal or Bayview. Many Coral Ridge sellers are downsizing rather than liquidating, which usually means sorted, well-kept pieces.
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9 min
Oakland Park
Straight west on Oakland Park Boulevard, and the easiest approach during season when A1A backs up.
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12 min
Wilton Manors
A short run inland. We see a lot of watch and designer-piece questions from here, where the brand often matters more than the metal.
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13 min
Downtown Fort Lauderdale
The Las Olas and downtown corridor. Convenient at lunchtime, and the reason we hold weekday hours rather than weekend-only.
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We also buy
Gold Jewelry
Chains, rings and odd earrings tested for karat at the counter, weighed in front of you, priced on the live market.
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Gold Coins & Bullion
Eagles, Maples, Krugerrands and refiner bars verified while you wait, with anything worth more than melt flagged first.
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Silver
Bars, rounds, junk coin and sterling flatware tested piece by piece, so a genuine set never leaves valued as plate.
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Get a number
Find out what it is actually worth.
Bring it in, or email a few photos first. Either way you get a real figure and no pressure to take it.
Bring valid government-issued photo ID. Florida law requires it for every purchase.