Hey guys,
Some of you already know that my husband and I are leaving the DR in just over two weeks time (for work as well as health reasons). We've been working on this move for a while now and have we almost everything sorted out.... except one big thing.
Hopefully someone can advise me on the best possible method of safely sending three large oil paintings which were painted on that very hard canvas which cannot be rolled or folded. The largest is about 5 ft. in height and 2-1/2 feet in width. The other two are shorter but a little bit wider. I've already checked with the airlines and they don't do cargo out of Puerto Plata but we've already been ticketed via American Airlines out of Puerto Plata.
I simply cannot leave these three paintings behind as they were painted by my now deceased Dad, as far back as 1966. They are the only paintings of his that I own (my wicked step-Mom has possession of his entire arsenal of artwork). I've been told that shippping companies here are not to be trusted and will only set me up for severe heartbreak after charging me a fortune. Can anybody help me out there? I've got only two weeks left. I'm desperate.
In case you're wondering how I got the paintings here in the first place, when I came here I shipped everything in a container. But after the nightmare of doing that, we decided to sell everything here in the DR and only take back our clothing and personal items (like the paintings).
I await all responses.
Some of you already know that my husband and I are leaving the DR in just over two weeks time (for work as well as health reasons). We've been working on this move for a while now and have we almost everything sorted out.... except one big thing.
Hopefully someone can advise me on the best possible method of safely sending three large oil paintings which were painted on that very hard canvas which cannot be rolled or folded. The largest is about 5 ft. in height and 2-1/2 feet in width. The other two are shorter but a little bit wider. I've already checked with the airlines and they don't do cargo out of Puerto Plata but we've already been ticketed via American Airlines out of Puerto Plata.
I simply cannot leave these three paintings behind as they were painted by my now deceased Dad, as far back as 1966. They are the only paintings of his that I own (my wicked step-Mom has possession of his entire arsenal of artwork). I've been told that shippping companies here are not to be trusted and will only set me up for severe heartbreak after charging me a fortune. Can anybody help me out there? I've got only two weeks left. I'm desperate.
In case you're wondering how I got the paintings here in the first place, when I came here I shipped everything in a container. But after the nightmare of doing that, we decided to sell everything here in the DR and only take back our clothing and personal items (like the paintings).
I await all responses.