Shipping of frames
Posted: Wed 15 Jan, 2020 11:09 am
We recently bought several paintings in gesso frames on eBay. The first one came packaged in a whole roll of bubble wrap, placed in a large box filled with foam bits. This was obviously sent by someone who has dealt with the shipment of paintings before.
The last shipment we received was one of two large paintings. When I received it, I was immediately shocked at how this person had packaged it. They were two large paintings (about 100 cm x 75 cm). They were facing each other with one layer of bubble wrap between them . The two were then wrapped in about 2-3 layers of bubble wrap. There were single pieces of carton wrapped around them, but I could see the corners of the paintings through the packaging. Needless to say that the frames suffered terribly by this treatment. Pieces of gesso had fallen off everywhere, and I will need to figure out where they came from. The wood on some of the corners had even been damaged.
So sad
The last shipment we received was one of two large paintings. When I received it, I was immediately shocked at how this person had packaged it. They were two large paintings (about 100 cm x 75 cm). They were facing each other with one layer of bubble wrap between them . The two were then wrapped in about 2-3 layers of bubble wrap. There were single pieces of carton wrapped around them, but I could see the corners of the paintings through the packaging. Needless to say that the frames suffered terribly by this treatment. Pieces of gesso had fallen off everywhere, and I will need to figure out where they came from. The wood on some of the corners had even been damaged.
So sad