Photo Gallery

Here are some random photos showing our crates, items we have packed and the materials we use....

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Rolls Royce asked us to crate and ship their " 100 years of the Spirit of Ecstasy " celebratory exhibition to main dealers across the globe 

  

And when you hear them say " I'm afraid such and such can't be here tonight " we make sure they get their BAFTA 

 

 

Over the years we've worked many times with Camera Eye ( David Bailey's Studio )

 

 

Here we're hand cutting the foam so this figurine is safe to fly and is fully insured through us 

 

 Here's a pair of expensive chairs getting the foam and acid free tissue treatment

 

 

Getting a neon ready for an overseas trip; always tricky but our super soft, super thick foam will do the job

 

 

This shaped canvas, showing some signs of age, yet valuable, was shipped from Amsterdam to New York 

 

 

This fishtank is made of glass and perspex, we crated it and delivered it to a client in Singapore

 

Some older portraits such as this may need an Export Licence before we can ship them!

 

 

This banjo clock was the property of Bette Davis, we packed and shipped it back to her son in the States 

 

Inside this crate below is a full sized double bass, bound for Norway 

 

 

 We've packed and shipped a number of these hand painted caricatures ( www.speed-still.com ) this one is partially packed

 

Or this slightly "bigger" mini motorcycle coffee table conversion is packed and nearly ready for Japan  

 

  

 Here's a gilded mirror, two layers of foam have been cut, two more to do before it's ready for despatch to USA  

 

 

This is a life sized delft china Kalashnikov Rifle by Charles Krafft, bound for Staffordshire  

 

Very occasionally we are asked to crate and ship stained glass/leaded lights 

 

 

This is a Royal Worcester Nelson vase, only 10 were made ( each taking over 200 hours )

Value £ 13,000 ( packed, crated, insured and delivered by HMC to New Orleans ) 

After Mr Clarke died his family asked us to pack and crate up all his awards from his London office ( there were dozens of them )

these were flown to the family in Sri Lanka   

 

Swords younger than 100 years old can be classed as dangerous weapons and hence can be problematic to ship - this was off to Japan to be sharpened! 

 

In here goes a small bird sculpture which is illuminated hence the plug ( www.umutyamac.com ) 

 

This antique furniture is off the Saudi Arabia 

 

 We're preparing this scale ship model for transport to Greece

 

... Merry                      ( www.nicjoly.co.uk ) 

 

This horse head detail ( oil on canvas 150x150cm) was delivered to the Hong Kong Jockey Club 

 

 

In here we have a corporate gift, if you lease a new Airbus (or two) you'll also get a original framed oil on canvas painted

by aviation specialist Alex Hamilton in the livery of your airline!                   www.alexhamilton.net

 

 

This is a Conserve All Star promotional item, we packed it and delivered it over the The Netherlands 

 

 

We crated and shipped two of these outfits to Iceland for the IFAW  ( www.ifaw.org ) 

 

This strange ( partially packed ) piece of machinery is actually a geniune 1970's turntable from the

BBC Radio One studio! Yes! while you were bopping around to "Tiger Feet" it was being played on this very turntable

We packed and delivered it to a collector in Paris.

 

 We flat packed these signed limited edition screen prints for a Roy Lichtenstein collector 

 

 
This is a Schiedmayer Celesta musical instrument. Our plywood, foam and TLC will get this safely to
Los Angeles