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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Whay not pack carefully and ship by UPS or similar, or better yet, have THEM pack it and insure it.
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Agree. Do NOT pack this yourself, have one of the local companies pack and ship it for you and insure it fully. There is an excellent shipper in Southern Trace close to Publix, ask for Maria and have her pack and ship this china. It will be expensive, but worth it. She has shipped antiques for me. The desk should be reasonably easy to ship, bubble wrap and double box. Again expensive. Push bubble wrap into any space to avoid movement.
I have shipped valuable antiques all over Europe from the US. The key is to have everything bubble wrapped until you cannot see the item, then pack each piece tightly together in the box so that nothing can move. Packing loosley allows the items to move around and get broken, packed tightly together you should be good. Double box.