I had purchased a chinese painting that is 36"x57", I then spent easily $800 having a custom double matting put on it, along with a custom frame. I them tried to have it shipped to me via UPS and they ruined it, the frame has chunks of wood takien out of it and the matting is scarred badly, the painting itself is ripped and torn due to broken glass in the box. I do have another picture I would like to use. I am curious as to wether or not I will have to spend another $800 to reframe or if there is a way to re-use the damaged material I currently have.
2007-03-07 05:08:59 · 1 answers · asked by komondorok17 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
the carton was custom made, and was extremely protective and safe, if not a little too safe. The people that built the carton actually refunded my money.
2007-03-08 04:23:21 · update #1
Well, how much do you spend on the carton to ship the thing and did you ship it with the glass against the painting? The packaging should have been a box inside a box with the glass between two thin plywood boards away from the painting. This is a large painting and the boxes should have ended up being about 48 by 72 with packing between the painting and the inner box and at least 2" of packing all around the inner box inside the outer box. Probably the outer box should have been wood.
If you are not planning on spending for the carton, then you will end up with another mess that is not reusable. Or did you just want to vent about UPS?
2007-03-07 13:51:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋