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Shipping Artwork Home - Possible Options?

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o'wolf:
Can we keep this at least somewhat on-topic, please?

Cairyn:

--- Quote from: VulpesRex on 13.06.2013, 06:41:54 ---   Remember, the friendly Art Show director had charged me $35 the previous year.  And everything had arrived safe and well-packed.  The cheerful bill from the cheerful counter person was for...$174.37. (...)

   Now - would paying 150, or even 200 euros to have artwork packed and shipped (insured) be worth it?  If I wish to enjoy an extra 3 or 4 days visiting Bavaria or the Bodensee, without the worries (and being able to use smaller, lighter luggage while travelling by train), it very well might.  But I'm not opposed to saving a euro or two, if I can.

   "It's not how much you make that's important; it's how much you can keep."

--- End quote ---

That is, indeed, a good question. I must admit that I had an eye on transportability all the time when purchasing stuff -- the most difficult one was not at a furry con but a related item, a polystone cheetah statue from Vegas, with long legs and a thin tail... the employees put it in so much bubble wrap though that it actually arrived home safely despite being in the normal luggage.

The same normal luggage that got its steel frame bent on one trip...

As such, I would probably not buy a two meter wide image in the first place while travelling. A shame it may be to pass on items that find my liking, but there will always be that other opportunity for likewise great stuff later on, under more beneficial circumstances. I can hardly imagine going by train and schlepping along twenty kilos of furry art in heavy frames, or hauling it up and down a Bavarian mountain path. Plus, traveling by train means either taking a taxi to the hotel, or public transportation, the latter being not too luggage friendly. (Cost considerations should also include the recently lowered maximum weight allowances and additional fees with many airlines.)

Still, the postage is going to cost you an arm and a leg.

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