... which is in excellent condition...

In excellent condition now. What kind of condition is it going to be in after removal?

It's low quality cherry, probably thin material. Lots of knots where boards will break. Tongues & grooves will split and splinter. There may be a lot of nails and/ or gobs of Liquid Nails. Difficult to refinish because of the bevels. IOW's it probably isn't going to be worth the extra time and effort to gently remove it nor for someone else to clean it up to reclaim.

Yeh, didn't register with me that the paneling is 3/4" on the first go.

For paneling, yes it is good quality.

I was thinking in terms of repurposing the wood. It's full of knots--rustic stuff. The cherry trees or parts of cherry trees that couldn't be used for flooring, cabinet lumber, veneers, etc. That's what I meant by low quality.

I always have an eye to reusing hardwoods. For instance, I bought a bunch of solid hard maple shop built shelving from a church for $65. Nice long lengths of 1 x 12's. Clear wood, no knots, prime lumber. Very few fasteners so very few holes to fill. Most of the nail & screw holes were worked around and not a factor at all. That shelving got re-sawn and made into built in cabinetry in my basement.

Anyway, that should explain what my perspective was when I made a judgement about the panelling. No offense intended.

I'd expect to pay $2-3/bf for new cherry with that many knots (and no nail holes or glue). If the buyer has to remove it I suspect you'll be doing reasonably well to get about a dollar a square foot for it, as it will be a fair amount of work to make it useful. Perhaps a little more if it comes off easily and clean and is not nailed through the faces. Someone will no doubt be interested in it.

You might be able to sell it to someone who will take it out. I'd say the more likely scenario will be you will need to pay someone to remove it.

I found a lot of folks who were positive their wood trim/etc. was worth saving/selling. I myself have several things I make using flooring---unused flooring, not reclaimed, since reclaimed is broken/splintered/warped during removal.

The wider pieces(4" & 5") may be salvageable. The others are going to be useless for much use without a lot of machine work, meaning no one will pay much, if at all.

I would think someone would want to reuse it as paneling. Heck I'd put that in my basement. Or maybe I can just have your basement? :-P Love the fireplace. Hardly anyone builds with this kind of quality anymore - I can't imagine what it would cost to panel a room that way today.