Moving Expensive Art? Use the right Moving Company!

If you have expensive art, you don’t want just anyone to pack it. Oil paintings can be extremely delicate and fragile and should be handled with great care. We typically recommend crating fine art especially if you are going across the country. It’s a lot less expensive to crate he valuable piece in most cases than it is to replace it in the event that it gets damaged.

When we were moving the museum, there were tons of pieces of artwork involved. Along with many artifacts and priceless heirlooms of the museum. Some of the items had to have special crates built for them because of the awkward shapes and sizes of them.

Make sure that you talk to your moving professional about crating where your art is concerned. Your moving company should take measurements and be qualified to properly build a custom crate if necessary.

Also, for specialty items like the giant hand blown glass sculpture that we had to move to New York, the crate may need to have foam on the inside to add additional protection so the piece wasn't sliding around in the crate.

Buehler Companies moved a table with crystal legs all the way to Texas with a value of over $100,000.00 and the custom crate was built to protect each of the legs individually. Foam had to be used of course and we didn't want anything to puncture the crate so it was made of solid wood. Once the table arrived in Texas, it was in perfect condition. We made the crate so that it had a point at the top to ensure that you could not stack anything on top of it.

Be sure to talk to your moving companies about crates and how they may be able to work for your art. If a moving company does not measure the items, then we don’t recommend using them on your move or to crate anything. It is essential that you really get a moving company that knows how to handle these type of items.

Buehler Companies (Denver Office)
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3899 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80205
303-388-4000
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Buehler Transfer and Storage (Fort Worth Office)
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633 Mony Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-624-8466
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Colorado Springs, CO 80910
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Packing & Relocating Artwork
All artwork, mirrors, marble tops, glass tops, pictures, oil paintings, etc… should be packed into mirror or picture boxes, unless they are very small. Smaller items may be packed into dish pack boxes on the top edge.


The materials you will need:Tape
Blank newsprint paper or bubble wrap
Mirror (picture boxes)

Framed Art Work & Prints

Prepare a mirror carton for the artwork by putting wadded newsprint paper on the bottom of the box. Do not close the top end of the box.
Wrap each individual artwork or print with newsprint or wrap them in bubble wrap.
Put the item in the box and if they fit loosely in the box, fill in the spaces with lightly wadded newsprint paper.
Tape the boxes shut and use a marker to write "Fragile-Art Work" onto it.


Glass Table Tops and Marble Tops
Prepare a mirror carton for the glass or marble top by putting wadded newsprint paper on the bottom of the box and into the corners.
Wrap each individual glass or marble top with newsprint or wrap them in bubble wrap.
Put the glass or marble top in the box and if they fit loosely in the box, fill in the spaces with newsprint paper. If two boxes are needed for the glass top, then put the second box on top of the other overlaying them together and fill spaces with newsprint paper.

Mirrors

Place tape across the front of the mirror like an X to keep the pieces in place in case the glass cracks or breaks.
Prepare a mirror carton for the mirror by putting newsprint paper on the bottom of the box and in the corners.
Wrap each individual mirror with newsprint or wrap them in bubble wrap.
Put the mirror(s) in the box and if they fit loosely in the box, fill in the spaces with newsprint paper.

Paintings

If your painting is framed with glass put masking tape across the front of the painting like an X to keep the pieces in place in case the glass cracks or breaks.
Cover the framed painting(s) or canvas with bubble wrap and tape them closed.If you are packing a painting with glass, then put the painting in a mirror carton and fill in the spaces with newsprint paper. If you are packing a canvas painting (no frame, no glass), wrap the box in bubble wrap again, tape it, then build a second box for