Currently, we are scheduling for March.

If you only have furniture, we might be able to schedule an earlier appointment.

734.662.9887

info@treasuremart.com

529 Detroit Street

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

The First and Original

Treasure Mart

celebrates 52 years

All ticket items are reduced 10% every 30 Days!!!

Since 1960, The Treasure Mart has been committed to recycling and reuse. Our constantly changing inventory of gently used merchandise includes beautiful antiques, nostalgic collectibles, a wide variety of useful household items, and a healthy dose of friendship and fun.  Imagine the hundreds of 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 SQUARE FEET OF ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. RECEIVING NEW ITEMS DAILY

EVERTHING ON CONSIGNMENT

529 Detroit Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104

info@treasuremart.com

What is your commission fee?  Our commission fee ranges from 35% to 50%.  If you bring your items to us:  Items priced at $5 and higher start at a 35% commission fee.  Items priced at $4 or less start at a 50% commission fee.  If we pick-up your items:   Items priced at $5 and up start at a 40% commission and items priced at $4 and under are 50%. (there is also a $50 surcharge for the truck)  All items in our store convert to a 50% commission rate after they have been here 4 months.

Can I (or do I have to) take my items back?  You may take back your items at any time.  You will have to find your things in the store and bring them to the office to sign them out.  We reserve the right to dispose of items at any time at our discretion.  We will only call you about picking up your items if they are expensive, such as fine jewelry or funiture.  Otherwise, they get donated, recycled or thrown away when we feel they cannot be sold.

How are the items priced?  We are happy to price all of your items for you.  We base our prices on the current market for your item at The Treasure Mart.  Our goal is to price your things fairly and have them sell within the first 30 days.  Of course, this doesn’t always happen, and items will take markdowns every month that they are here.  Please tell us if you have a price in mind so we can discuss the price before you leave.

How long does it take for things to get onto the floor for sale?  It depends on how much research is needed.  Most things will get put out into the store the same day.  Sometimes, when we have something expensive or rare, it might take a few days to research its value.

How do I prepare my items for sale?  All of your things must be in clean and good condition.  All electrical/mechanical item must be in working condition.

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 Schmidt’s 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.

529 Detroit Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Store Hours

Monday-Saturday 9:00am-5:30pm

(734.662.1363)

Check – In Hours

Moday-Saturday 9:00am-3:30m

(Call for an appointment 734.662.9887)

YOU MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING IN CONSIGNMENT ITEMS

Email: info@treasuremart.com

Click here for Driving Directions

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.

To mark this special occasion we have T-Shirts for $10-

We have variety of colors including…

Black, White, Kiwi, Tan. Blue and yellow/orange.

Come on in and get your T-Shirt today!

Pickups – There is a $50 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%.).