How to ship a lot of prints a far distance

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collinesque
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:18 pm

Hey, ya'll. I'm moving from New York and Los Angeles, and until this time have stored my prints in a large, cardboard flat file. Each of them is in an acid-free bag with an acid-free stock backing. Probably have about 30 prints this way.

Can I ship them all like this? I'd put some extra material in the box to make it a tighter fit, some bubblewrap on top and bottom. And I'd also probably put the flat file in a larger, sturdier box around it (FedEx freight will cut up boxes to tape around the flat file).

Or, do I need to bite the bullet, buy a bunch of 3" tubes and role them all up?

What has anyone done before when moving across the country?
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:16 pm

For me it would depend on the value of the prints. If they were not high value I would make a big foam core / cardboard sandwich with 1/4" plywood on the outside. If it was a high value lot I would have the crated like this:

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