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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 397711, member: 25&quot;]A mantle is a type of shawl worn round the shoulders.</p><p>What you have are mantels.</p><p>The key words for these are &#039;architectural salvage&#039; and the people most likely to buy them are architectural salvage yards. Check to see if you have any such business anywhere near you (although the best ones will travel a good distance for valuable pieces.) There is a good demand for such material often from people with period houses trying to reinstate features previous generations ripped out as being old fashioned. </p><p>If they were in an original building I&#039;d say keep them in situ, good period features are always more valuable&nbsp; where they are than sold off piecemeal, but as you say they are in a modern house they might as well go.</p><p>I cannot comment on value as I am in England and the market is probably very different in NJ.</p><p>I would advise keeping them intact, if the tiles are valuable in themselves they may have that value for people wishing to restore old fire surrounds that have lost them, so the value would be enhanced by being in the original surround.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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