Sell gold jewelry for up to 80% of the live spot price. Rings, chains, bracelets, necklaces, earrings — even broken or scrap gold. Same-day cash payment at our LA location or nationwide via free shipping kit.
If you have gold jewelry sitting in a drawer — old rings, broken chains, inherited pieces, or jewelry you simply don't wear anymore — it's worth real money. BuyGoldHub specializes in buying gold jewelry and paying sellers the best price for gold jewelry in the market.
Unlike cash for gold shops and pawn shops that offer lowball prices hoping you won't know better, we tie every offer directly to the live gold spot price. You can check the math yourself using our free calculator. That's the transparency that has earned us an A+ BBB rating and 10,000+ satisfied customers.
Wedding bands, engagement rings, class rings, signet rings, cocktail rings, and estate rings in all karats. Whether you want to sell a gold ring that's 9K or 24K, we buy it all.
Cuban links, rope chains, figaro chains, box chains, herringbone, and pendants. Any length, any weight, any karat. Broken chains are welcome — scrap gold is priced the same as intact pieces.
Tennis bracelets, bangles, cuff bracelets, charm bracelets, and link bracelets. We evaluate based on gold content, so even fashion pieces with gold content have value.
Single earrings, broken clasps, dental gold, watch cases, bent pieces, and miscellaneous scrap gold. We buy based purely on weight and karat — cosmetic condition doesn't matter.
When you sell gold jewelry, the payout is calculated using three factors:
Example: A 15-gram 14K gold chain contains 8.75g of pure gold (15g × 58.3% purity). If gold spot is $155/gram for 24K, the pure gold value is about $1,357. BuyGoldHub pays 80% = approximately $1,086. A pawn shop at 50% would pay only $679 — that's $407 you'd lose.
Scrap gold prices are directly tied to the gold spot price and your jewelry's karat. Higher karat = more pure gold = higher payout per gram. The most common jewelry karats in the US are 10K and 14K, while Middle Eastern and Asian jewelry is often 21K or 22K. Check today's scrap gold prices per gram by karat →
If you're searching for a gold buyer near me in Los Angeles, BuyGoldHub is your best option. Located in LA, we're open Monday through Friday from 10AM to 5PM. No appointment needed — just walk in with your gold jewelry and walk out with cash. We serve the entire Los Angeles area including Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Downtown LA, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Santa Monica, Long Beach, and surrounding communities.
Not in LA? No problem. BuyGoldHub serves gold sellers nationwide. Request a free insured shipping kit and sell your gold jewelry from anywhere in the United States. Same competitive pricing, same fast payment.
Most jewelry carries a small stamped mark that tells you exactly what you are dealing with. Knowing how to read it takes thirty seconds and will change every negotiation you have at a gold buyer's counter.
U.S. karat stamps appear as 10K, 14K, 18K, or 24K (sometimes written as 417, 585, 750, 999 — the European equivalent expressed as parts-per-thousand). These stamps indicate the percentage of pure gold in the alloy. 14K means 58.5% gold; 18K means 75% gold. The stamp is typically inside a ring band, on a necklace clasp, or on the reverse of a pendant or earring post.
Maker's marks sometimes appear alongside the karat stamp. These identify the manufacturer and are not relevant to gold value — unless the piece is signed by a recognized designer (Tiffany, Cartier, David Yurman), in which case the piece may be worth more than its gold content alone.
No stamp does not mean no gold. Older American pieces, some European imports, and handmade items are sometimes unstamped. A reputable buyer tests every piece with XRF spectrometry regardless of stamps. If a piece tests as 14K but carries no stamp, it pays at 14K. If a stamped piece tests lower than its mark (this happens with older foreign jewelry), it pays at the tested karat.
Gold-filled and gold-plated marks look similar: GF, 1/20 14K GF, GP, GEP. These pieces have a base metal core with a thin gold surface. They have essentially no melt value and a buyer will identify them immediately. Knowing the difference before you arrive saves everyone time.
At BuyGoldHub, every piece is tested with laboratory-grade XRF equipment that reads the actual gold content in seconds — the stamp is a starting point, not the final word. You see the reading before we make any offer.
The single biggest reason people walk away from a gold sale feeling shorted is that they arrived without their own numbers. A dealer who knows you have not weighed the piece, do not know the karat, and have not checked the spot price has every incentive to round in their favor. Spend twenty minutes at home first and the conversation changes entirely.
Start with weight. A digital jewelry scale that reads to 0.01 grams costs about fifteen dollars and pays for itself on a single transaction. Weigh each piece individually, separated by karat if you can identify the stamps. Note that gemstones, clasps, and spring bars add weight that is not gold, so a ring with a large stone will always settle below its raw gram reading once the dealer deducts non-gold mass. For chains, clasps, and plain bands, the scale weight is close to the gold weight.
Next, identify karat. Look for stamps inside rings, on clasps, or on the underside of pendants: 10K, 14K, 18K, 22K, or the European equivalents 417, 585, 750, 916. No stamp does not mean no gold, but it does mean you should test before assuming. A basic acid test kit runs under twenty dollars and reliably distinguishes plated pieces from solid karat gold. Electronic testers are faster and non-destructive, though they cost more. If a piece is unmarked and fails an acid test at 10K, treat it as costume until proven otherwise.
Now do the math. Pull up the current spot price of gold per troy ounce, divide by 31.1 to get the price per gram of pure gold, then multiply by the karat fraction: 0.417 for 10K, 0.585 for 14K, 0.750 for 18K. That number is the melt value per gram. Multiply by your weighed grams and you have the theoretical pure-melt value of the piece.
Dealers do not pay full melt. Refining costs, assay margins, and the dealer's own profit live inside the spread between melt and offer. A fair offer for clean, stamped scrap gold typically lands between 70 and 90 percent of melt depending on volume and how local the buyer is to a refiner. Pawn-style storefronts often start at 40 to 60 percent of melt and negotiate up. Walking in with your own weight, karat, and melt calculation tells the buyer exactly which conversation you are having.
Bring the pieces sorted, photographed, and listed on a single sheet with weight and karat noted. Ask the dealer to weigh in front of you on their scale; the readings should agree within a tenth of a gram. If a buyer refuses to weigh openly or quotes a single lump-sum price without breaking down karat lots, that is your signal to get a second quote before you decide.