They trust us
with the irreplaceable.
Caravaggios in climate-controlled foam. Ming dynasty porcelain through six-country customs. Rothkos installed on three-week turnarounds. When the object has no replacement value, the logistics cannot have a margin for error.
Air Freight
When a show opens Tuesday and the work is in Geneva on Friday.
Temperature-controlled airside handling, dedicated art agents at 34 hub airports, and real-time condition monitoring from crate closure to gallery wall.
All air shipments include DataLogger temperature/humidity certificates for condition reporting on arrival.
Sea Freight & Climate Monitoring
Forty-five days at sea is forty-five days of data we hand you at delivery.
Full-container and consolidated sea freight for large-scale collection moves, with continuous IoT climate monitoring and shock-event logging across the entire voyage.
Sea freight quotes include full voyage climate data package, accepted by Lloyds and AXA Art for claims documentation.
Customs
Brokerage
A Ming vase is not a ceramic decorative object. A Benin bronze is not a metal sculpture. Classification is where most forwarders fail.
Our in-house cultural property specialists hold licenses in 40+ jurisdictions and have cleared shipments through the world's most restrictive customs regimes — including China, India, and Turkey.
All customs documentation is retained for 10 years and provided to clients in full for insurance and provenance records.
Crate
Fabrication
A crate is not a crate when there's a Rothko inside. Every interior is engineered to the object, not adapted from stock.
Our fabrication workshop produces bespoke museum-grade crates for paintings, sculpture, furniture, and mixed estates. CNC-machined foam interiors, acid-free barriers, and shock-logging instruments fitted as standard.
Crating standards documentation available for download — accepted by all major fine art insurers as evidence of due care.
Request a
Condition Report
Quote
Four fields. The same intake language your registrar already uses. We'll respond with a full condition report quote within 4 business hours.
Download Our
Crating Standards
Full technical specification document — 24 pages. Accepted by Lloyds, AXA Art, and Chubb as evidence of due care in fine art transit.
Direct Contact
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