FINE ANYTHING SHIPPING (and storage)
November 20th, 2009Or, tales of the gravy boat …
Our company name is helpful insofar as it is descriptive: Fine Art Shipping – doesn’t leave much doubt. But the truth is we ship, and store, a wide variety of objects, not just art. And not all the art is “fine” art. The not so secret secret is that most fine art handlers will pack and ship a wide variety of goods including art, antiques, household furnishings, architectural models, musical instruments and just about anything else requiring expert and careful handling. For example, your Thanksgiving platter and gravy boat. The one grandma expects to see every year….
In some ways the community of art handlers has replaced what used to be a commonplace: the full service storage facility. In our era of self storage and van line storages using wood vaults, the idea of a warehouse where goods are commonly held and curated by the staff has largely disappeared from view. But this is precisely what we do. And not just for artworks, although this is the heart of our business. If it’s fragile, temperature sensitive, special in any way, or just needs to be properly stored under secure, clean & organized conditions– this is what we do.
So you can store your “stuff” (virtually anything except toxic substances or live plants and animals) in a full service facility such as ours for a reasonable fee. You’ll receive a computerized photo inventory from which you can select items to be delivered or shipped virtually anywhere. Similarly, we can pick up or receive incoming shipments for your account, inspect, assemble as needed, and place into storage while you’re busy having your life somewhere else – not running to the self storage.
And you won’t be paying a three hour minimum for a van line dude to forklift down your wood vault, crowbar it open, and paw through your entire stack of possessions to try and locate one box. You know the box: the one with your turkey platter and gravy boat that you’re going to need real soon… Which you hope they didn’t put at the bottom of the pile.
Oh, and did you need insurance on that?
