FINE ART SERVICES · TORONTO
PACKING
From slipcases to custom shadow boxes. We are experts in on-site custom packing.
ART PACKING AND CONDITION REPORTING
Most damage happens in the ten minutes either side of a journey, not on the highway. Packing is where a shipment is successful: with the right material against the surface, the right rigidity around it, and a written record of what the work looked like before it left.
We pack paintings, works on paper, photographs, shadow boxes, sculpture and objects. Materials are carefully chosen for each piece — acid-free tissue or glassine against a painted surface, poly foam and coreplast for rigidity, tyvek where moisture is the risk.
Condition reports, cataloguing and inventory are part of the service. If the work is going into storage or across a border, that paperwork is what makes an insurance claim or a customs entry straightforward.
COMMON QUESTIONS
IS SOFT PACKING ENOUGH, OR DO I NEED A CRATE?
For a local move or a shuttle, soft packing is often right. For a border crossing, air freight or long storage, a crate or a ROKBOX is the safer answer — and for the price of soft packing a painting you can now use a ROKBOX.
HOW ARE MATERIALS CHARGED?
Separately from labour and itemised on the invoice. Work is carefully tracked and billed to actuals, so you are not paying a padded flat fee.
DO YOU PROVIDE CONDITION REPORTS?
Yes, with photography. It is standard for registrars and it protects both of us.
CAN YOU PACK AT MY GALLERY OR HOME?
Yes. There is a $50 flat travel fee if packing is not combined with transportation services.
- CREW
- 2 TECHNICIANS
- MINIMUM
- 1 HOUR
- BILLING
- TO ACTUALS
- REPORTS
- CONDITION AND PHOTOS
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Soft packing done properly, and written down.
- Always using the highest standard archival packing materials
- Custom wrapping for 2D and 3D works, including shadow boxes
- Condition reports before anything is wrapped
- Cataloguing and inventory services
- Photography at the time of packing for transit and insurance records
- Materials itemised on the invoice, not flat rated
ON THE BENCH
A CHEAPER, GREENER OPTION
USE A ROKBOX INSTEAD
For the price of soft packing a painting you can now use a ROKBOX with artverb* — an award winning reusable crate.
RATES
- Packing, 2 technicians (1 hour minimum)
- Each additional technician (4 hour minimum)
- Travel, if not combined with transportation
- Packing materials
Work is carefully tracked and billed to actuals. Available packing materials include bubble wrap, cardboard, poly foam, 7mm plastic, coreplast, acid-free tissue, glassine and tyvek. We can also do quick budget-friendly packing using polyethylene bags and commercial bins (c-bins). Additional fees may apply for locations outside our local Toronto service area.
SOMETHING FRAGILE TO WRAP?
Send dimensions and a photograph. We will say what it needs and what it costs.
REQUEST A QUOTE