There are several shippers you might have used (not just Artex). Try these:

USArt Co. Inc--Crating and transport, exclusively fine art, the big guys
running trucks across the country all the time.
New York office
(718)472-5784

Crozier Fine Arts--Crating and can arrange transport
(212)741-2024

Masterpiece--many people us them as a customs broker, does fine art
shipping
(212)825-7000

Atelier 4
(718)875-5050

TCI (Transportation Consultants Inernational)-- a broker, they'll make
arrangements for crating and shipping using other vendors. They do not
crate and ship themselves. They're prices are quite fair.
Cranford, New Jersey
(908)272-6500

This is not an exhaustive list but should give you a start.


Diane Gutenkauf
Chief Business Developer
Museum Division
Exhibit Works, Inc.
13211 Merriman Rd
Livonia MI 48150
734-367-8243 (v)
734-525-9096 (f)
630-650-8425 (c)
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www.exhibitworks.com
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:57:29 -0500, Mini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>My employer is interested in making a donation to a museum.  It's a
>"decorative" work of art, weighs about 400 lbs, and has to be crated.  It
>will be traveling from NYC to Missouri.  Any ideas about a good, yet
>inexpensive shipper?
>
>Back when I worked for a NY gallery, we used a shipper who works for
>non-profits, as I recall.  We used it for a client who was loaning a piece
>to MOMA.  Does anyone know who that might have been, and if they might
make
>runs out to Missouri?
>
>Thank you so much for your help!
>

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