Treasure Mart

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Enjoy our Special Holiday Hours

We will be open on SUNDAYS starting Nov 28th – Dec 19th from 11am to 4pm.

All ticket items are reduced 10% every 30 Days!!!
Since 1960, The Treasure Mart has been committedto recycling and reuse. Our constantly changing inventoryof gently used merchandise includes beautiful antiques, nostalgic collectibles, a widevarietyof useful household items, and a healthy dose of friendship and fun. Imagine the hundredsof thousands of wonderful items that have found new homes since we opened! Selling on consignment means dollars spent in our store will go back to the local community. Our store is a win- win for everyone, and it is always worth a visit from old and new friends alike.
8500 SQAURE FEET OF ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. RECEIVING NEW ITEMS DAILY
EVERTHING ON CONSIGNMENT

Mon.-Sat. 9am-5:30pm
YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING INCONSIGNMENT ITEMS call 734.662.9887

In 1869 John G. Miller built this large steam powered planing mill, which specialized in windows, doors, shutters, and gingerbread trim for the growing city. Detroit Street hummed with industrial activity that took advantage of the nearby railroad and lumberyards. Herman Krapf bought the mill in 1878 and ran it until 1905. Like Miller before him, he lived in the house on the left. E. J. Knowlton briefly rented space from Krapf to manufacture his nationally advertised collapsible “Universal Bath.”
The automobile changed the neighborhood. A gas station replaced Schmidts carriage factory at Detroit and Kingsley streets. At the Division Street end of the block, an auto dealership opened next to what had been the Ferguson Cart Company. In 1960 the Treasure Mart opened a consignment shop in the old mill. It was the first of many businesses that would become the Kerrytown shopping district.

This Italianate brick building with its heavy triple-arched brick trim over the windows was built by John G. Miller as a planing mill specializing in “sash, doors, blinds [shutters], molding and scroll work.” It replaced an earlier wooden mill built in 1853 which, when it burned in July of 1869, the Michigan Argus lamented as “a public as well as private loss.” The earlier mill had made carriages and sleighs using a new steam process for bending wood. When Miller began rebuilding three months after the fire, the Michigan Argus reported he was again building a “steam bending shop on the site of the one that burned.”
Miller’s new shop concentrated on the more lucrative business of providing millwork for the boom in house construction that followed the Civil War. Throughout the 19th century, Detroit Street hummed with industrial activity as other planing mills and carriage manufactories plied their trade nearby.
In 1878, Miller sold the mill to Herman Krapf who renamed it the Detroit Planing Mill and kept it operating until his death around 1906. By the 1920s this part of town was no longer a business center and the building was frequently vacant or used as a warehouse. In 1960 it was leased by Mrs. Demaris Cash who had dreamed of opening a retail consignment shop. She named her store the Treasure Mart, and today it ranks as one of Ann Arbor’s most cherished institutions.

April 28, 2010 at 11:14 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Another interesting feature of shopping at The Treasure Mart is the MONTHLY price reduction on ALL items priced at $5.00 or more.These items are tagged withabar-coded ticket stamped with a date at the top center. A 10% discount is issued automatically every month from the date on the ticket. An item that has been in the store for a month from the date is 10% off, 2 months 20% off, 3 months 30%, etc. The discount is always computed from the original price, and no bar-coded items are ever reduced below $2.00. Also, miscellaneous items of $4.00 or less, which are identified with asticker only, are not subject to the monthly reduction.

YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING IN CONSIGNMENT ITEMS. PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE TO MAKE ONE

April 10, 2010 at 12:29 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The Treasure Mart offers appraisals for insurance and estate purposes. Our fee is $45 per hour. Please call the office at: 734.662.9887 for more information.
Occasionally, we conduct estate sales on site when there are enough items to make it worthwhile for the consignor and for The Treasure Mart. If you are interested in the possiblity of an estate sale, please call our office at 734.662.9887.

April 1, 2010 at 8:15 am · Filed under Uncategorized
On April 17th The Treasure Mart will be celebrating 50 years of business!
To mark this special occasion we have T-Shirts for $10-

February 26, 2010 at 11:30 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Deliveries – We will deliver furniture purchased at The Treasure Mart within a radius of Ann Arbor with a delivery fee of $40. Please schedule this at the time of your purchase. The delivery fee of $40 plus $1 per mile one-way outside the city limits, for this service.
Pickups – There is a $40 surcharge for a pick-up within the City of Ann Arbor. For a reasonable radius outside the city, we will add a mileage fee for a pick-up of $1 per mile one-way. The driver will collect this fee at the time of the pick-up in cash or a check, along with the membership fee if applied. For all items we pick-up, The Treasure Mart will take 40% of the sales prices. (If you bring items in yourself, we take 35%.).

The TreasureMart is a consignmentshop. To sell through us you will need a membership, which costs $15.00 per year. As a member you will receive 65% of the selling price on merchandise brought in to the store by yourself and 60% of the selling price less a $40.00 surcharge on merchandisepicked up by us. Mileageischarged on out-of-town pick-ups. You will receive 50% of the selling price on miscellaneous items priced $4.00 or less. Also, you will receive 50% of all items that have been here for 4 months or longer
We also make appraisals and Conduct Estate Sales

Electrical and mechanical items must be in working order. If found defective, they will be disposed of without written notice. Small appliances will be kept for only 30 days. This will include but is not limited to toasters, coffee makers, small radios, irons, answering machines, and telephones.
Pictures, mirrors and frames are accepted at your risk. They must have wire attached for hanging and all glass must have backing and securely fastened.
To be saleable, merchandise must be CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION. Unsaleable items left at the store will be disposed of at the owner’s expense. We ask you to cooperate by checking your items carefully before bringing them to us.
We do not accept dolls or toys unless they are collectible or antique. We do not accept exercise equipment and sporting goods, clothing (unless vintage), curtains, invalid chairs, magazines, OUT OF SEASON MERCHANDISE, toilet seats, florist type vases, venetian blinds, obsolete appliances, cameras, record and tape players. If you question the saleability of an article, please call 734.662.9887.

Checks with itemized statements are mailed on a regular schedule, once each quarter (1/3 of the alphabet each month) as follows.

Accounts are closed on the 15th of the month preceeding payment.
Office and Check-In Hours – Mon. thru Sat. 9:00AM to 3:30PM

Enjoy our Special Holiday Hours We will be open on SUNDAYS starting Nov 28th - Dec 19th from 11am to 4pm. 1 week ago
Life Size Bronze Classical Female Torchiere w/ an Eagle $3,500. Visit our facebook page or our flickr page for pictures. 2 months ago