posted on October 12, 2000 05:44:01 AM
I have a fairly large, probably 3' long and 18" tall, signed 1982 World's Fair print that is matted and framed. For years, it has hung above our fish aquarium in the family room. We have remodeled and the fish aquarium is history. I have no other place to put this print, so I am thinking about selling it.
I have bought from online sellers two similar items, one a framed print and the other an old stained glass window. Both were shipped via UPS with lots of foam packing or cardboard filler.
posted on October 12, 2000 06:06:18 AM
Go to a local frame shop and ask them.
One trick - remove the glass and either pack it separately between two sheets of cardboard or let the buyer decide if they want to pay for shipping it. The glass is probably 1/2 the weight of the whole piece and could be cheaper to replace than ship.
posted on October 12, 2000 06:12:48 AM
Sounds like it would fit perfectly in an oblong guitar shipping box. You may be able to get one of those from your local guitar shop. The boxes average about 40" long by 20" wide and 6" deep. I'd make some kind of protective corners for the frame out of cardboard and perhaps use a sheet of styrofoam to protect the front and back if I could get it.
I sold an original Currier and Ives print to a collector once and here is what he told me to do. It has worked well.
Tape the glass so that if it does break, it does not scratch the print. (I ordered one and poor packing wrecked it)
Use lots of bubble wrap. Wrap well with cardboard and more packing, then an outer box. There is no such thing as too much packing as long as you stabilize the print. Good Luck.
posted on October 12, 2000 05:16:46 PM
My son's girlfriend is now the proud owner of what we had left. A couple of years we had an ice storm during the coldest part of the winter and our electricity was off for about 5 days. Most of them froze to death, but the few hardy ones lasted until my son could find a girlfriend with an aquarium.
