Help Shipping a Painting.

[Mr. Mike]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 05:47:13 GMT, JackalGod <anub...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Couls someone please help me. I have an oil painting I want to sell but
>I have no idea how to ship an item that large and delicate. it measures
>about "30X"24. I need to know if any shipping companies will package it
>for you and how much does it usually cost? if I am shipping it
>internationally, which method of payment should I accept?

When my company had some cartoon artwork to ship to this guy who won it on Ebay,
I went to Mailboxes, Etc. They then shipped it via Fedex to the States. Sorry,
can't remember what it all cost! I recall there were some restrictions if you
wanted to ship something with glass in the frame...

[JackalGod]

[Coolguy2000]

For the payment method, you can ask the buyer to do a bank wire transfer but
i think your bank will charge you a commission for this. Inform your self
about it and then, ask the buyer if he is ready to bear the additional cost.
Else, you have to ask for an International Money Order.

Mr. Mike <dontch...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 05:47:13 GMT, JackalGod <anub...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>

[David R. Ayers]

Hi there,

Shipping paintings is one of the most difficult items to ship there is.
I assume this is a Oil on Canvas painting without any glass in it. You
also didn't mention a value ? This has a great deal to do with how this
gets packed. You also didn't mention if it was in a frame. Sometimes
these have to be packed & shipped separately. The easiest thing for you
to do is take it to a Mail Boxes Etc. or similar pack & ship company.
Most of them won't give you a definite price unless they can see the
piece. The last major painting I shipped I had a custom built crate made
for it at the local cabinet shop. They do this kind of thing all the
time. This was about 3 x 4 feet & cost me about $75.00 to have built.
Shipping with insurance was about $150.00.

As far as payment is concerned if you know the guy, take his check in US
funds. If you don't get a US dollar money order or electronic bank
transfer of funds direct to your account. The bank can give you the
routing numbers. Oh tell him he will have to pay the transfer fees of
both banks or you will end up short on the transfer.

Have fun !

David

[Mort]

JackalGod <anub...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Couls someone please help me. I have an oil painting I want to sell but
> I have no idea how to ship an item that large and delicate. it measures
> about "30X"24. I need to know if any shipping companies will package it
> for you and how much does it usually cost? if I am shipping it
> internationally, which method of payment should I accept?
>

I shipped a large oil apinting from Florida to Canada. I used a box that
had plenty of room in it, padded the corners and wrapped the frame with
bubble wrap. The painting wss locked in at the corners so it could not move
and there was an inch of air space between the canvas front and back. It
made it there okay.

-*MORT*-