Ercol Console Tables Resale Value

Ercol console tables: price by condition

Seller-declared grades, sterling with an approximate US dollar equivalent at £1 ≈ $1.33 (July 2026). What each grade means.

What holds its value across Ercol

• The Windsor range in elm and beech, particularly the stacking chairs and the Studio Couch, which are the pieces collectors specifically want
• Original untouched finishes, including the honey-coloured lacquer, which is what buyers of mid-century furniture are looking for
• Pieces still carrying the blue paper label or the stamped model number, which date them and confirm what they are
• Solid elm tops with figured grain, since elm was phased out after Dutch elm disease and cannot be replaced

What pulls Ercol resale value down

• Painted and chalk-painted pieces, which were extremely fashionable for a decade and which collectors discount heavily — stripping rarely returns the original colour
• Loose joints on the stick-back chairs, where the spindles have worked free of the seat and the chair racks under load
• Woodworm in elm, which is common in stored pieces and needs treating and declaring rather than hiding
• Sun-bleached tops where one half has faded against the other, which cannot be evened out without refinishing the whole piece

Identifying and dating yours

1. The model number is stamped into the underside of a seat or the back of a frame, and it identifies the design precisely — photograph it
2. Older pieces carry a blue paper label underneath; a surviving label is worth showing because it confirms both the maker and the period
3. Elm and beech look different: elm shows a strong wandering grain on the seat while beech is finer and straighter, and elm is worth more

What lifts any console table, whatever the label

Console tables are narrow hallway pieces, so dimensions and whether it is solid wood decide the price.

• Solid wood and recognised design pieces
• Stable frames with no wobble
• Working drawers where fitted
• Narrow depths suited to hallways

And what pulls one down

• Wobbling legs and loose joints
• Water rings and heat marks on the top
• Veneer lifting at the edges
• Deep tables that block narrow hallways

Working out what yours is worth

1. Press each corner to test for wobble
2. Measure height, width and especially depth
3. Photograph the top in daylight

What to state in the listing

• Length, depth and height
• Material and finish
• Storage — drawers, shelf or open
• Whether it needs wall fixing for stability, and the top condition

Style, dimensions and storage: “Console Table, 100x35cm, 2 Drawers, Oak”. Depth in the title is unusual and it works, because buyers with a narrow hallway are searching for exactly that measurement.

Preparing and photographing it

1. Measure the depth carefully as well as length and height, since narrow hallways are exactly why people buy consoles.
2. Check the top surface and any drawer runners, and test for wobble.
3. Look underneath for a maker’s mark and check whether it is designed to be wall fixed.

1. The table against a wall, front on
2. A tape measure showing the depth
3. The top surface across the light
4. Any drawer open, the legs, and every chip or mark

When it sells best, and handing it over

Steady year round with a lift in January and late summer. Narrow consoles sell fastest because hallway space is always the constraint.

Long but light, and most fit in an estate car. Give the length so the buyer brings the right vehicle.

What buyers ask

Is it worth stripping a painted Ercol chair before selling?

Rarely. Stripping is laborious and the original lacquer colour does not come back, so most sellers do better describing it honestly as painted and pricing it as such.

How do I tell genuine Ercol from a similar chair?

Look underneath. Genuine pieces carry a stamped model number and often a blue label, and the Windsor seats are shaped from a single solid piece rather than glued boards.

How much is an Ercol console table worth?

Roughly £26 to £156 depending on condition, against £20 to £120 for console tables generally. The identification points above are what move a listing to the top of that range.

What the fees would take elsewhere

At the mid-range £91 for an Ercol console table, against what the commission marketplaces would deduct:

Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026, percentages only — the per-order and processing charges those platforms add are excluded, so the real gap is wider.

Listing is free and there is no commission — read how to sell a console table for the title, handover and timing, or the general console table value guide if yours is not an Ercol.

See also: all Ercol value guides · value guides by brand · buying a console table · Furniture · condition grades.