Specialty Moving
Gallery Standards, Applied to Your Walls
Paintings, sculpture, and works on paper demand handling protocols developed by museums — custom crates, glassine and soft wrap, climate awareness, and documented chain of custody.
Why This Matters
Art Damage Is Usually Invisible Until It Is Permanent
A canvas does not need to tear to be ruined. Pressure against the face leaves stretcher marks that surface months later. Temperature swings craze varnish. A frame corner absorbs a knock and the gilding sheds quietly inside a blanket. Fine art transport is a discipline of preventing forces you cannot see — vibration, pressure, humidity, and shock. Our art handlers work to museum-derived standards: nothing touches the face of a work, everything travels in dedicated packing, and every piece is condition-documented before and after transport.
The Grand Standard
What This Service Includes
Custom Crating
Built-to-dimension wooden crates with foam-lined interiors for paintings, mirrors, and sculpture.
Soft Packing
Glassine, corner protection, cardboard capping, and art shuttle wrapping for framed works.
Condition Reports
Photographic documentation of each work before packing and after installation.
Climate-Aware Transport
Protection against Florida heat and humidity in transit and in storage.
Installation Service
Placement and professional hanging with correct hardware and alignment.
Collection Moves
Whole-collection logistics with inventory control for significant private collections.
How It Works
Museum Method, Private Service
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Collection Survey
Each work measured and assessed — medium, frame, glazing, and value tier.
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Packing Specification
Crate, art carton, or soft pack decided per piece; crates built before packing day.
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Documented Packing
Condition photos, face protection, and labeled packing with chain-of-custody records.
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Controlled Transport
Upright orientation, strapped positions, and climate awareness door to door.
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Placement & Hanging
Unpacked, condition-verified, placed, and hung to your plan.
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Protect the Collection
From a single statement piece to a full private collection, we will build a packing specification worthy of the work.