Value of a Mersman Coffee Table?

Judy
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September 10, 20180 found this helpful

A picture would help identify it. Large coffee tables have sold in the $200 range on eBay.

Pghgirl40
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September 12, 20180 found this helpful

Hi! Do you have a photo? When I research Mersman's (one of my favorite things to look at), most folks don't sell by numbers because the company basically made them useless because they had so many incarnations!

I am sending a link of current sold Mersman coffee tables on eBay and you can see they are all over the place in values:

www.ebay.com/.../i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc...

The only way I value items is to use eBay sold matching your item to the auction item exactly. Do not use a like item as some like items may have a different value than yours.

Condition matters in furniture so if you find a pristine one of yours that sold at a high price, you will need to take off your value because of condition--depending on how bad it is, you could lose up to 50% of the value.

Mersmans are not rare and make literally millions of pieces that have withstood the times and graced many a home!!

ONce you find an exact match and value, and you want to sell yours, you will be best off selling locally through Facebook marketplace, Nextdoor.com, the Pennysaver or newspaper classifieds or at a flea market. Selling these online is very challenging because of shipping.

Hope you find yours in this sold section! If not, keep checking back frequently. The market changes daily!

cybergrannie
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September 16, 20180 found this helpful

Mersman furniture is a favorite subject on ThriftyFun and there seems to be a never ending flow of styles and types but rarely (if ever?) is there a question about the same or exact piece or number.

Here is a link to questions and answers from past postings on ThriftyFun so you can maybe get an idea as to how we sometimes are able to help find a value.

www.thriftyfun.com/Finding-the-Value-of-Vintage-Mersman...

• As Pghgirl stated, there is no way to research an item with only the Mersman number as no seems to really know what they stood for and it seems each factory had a different numbering system.
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• With that in mind, we can research if we have a picture and that is not always successful.
• Hope you have found a similar table and can pin point what someone is will to pay but always keep in mind that condition is very important as well as the location as shipping is very costly for pieces like this.