when sending valuable art, don't use the mail

[dawp]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...-8600-rembrandt-etching-lost-in-the-mail?lite

oops, now where did that etching get to?

 

[LTC8K6]

The Hope Diamond was mailed to the Smithsonian.

$2.44 postage and $142.85 for $1M of insurance.

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/images/exhibits/2f1_6_hopediamond2.jpg

 

[MontyAC]

Always insure the packages. They learned a hard and expensive lesson.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Speaking of which.....

My mom and her husband were at his families house and they asked them take a package over to their house and family would pick it up at a later time.

So after they took it in the car, they were out and about/car parked....left it on the side of the wall at home (he has cats)....kind of treated it like a regular package.

Come to find out, it was a million dollar painting!!! They have 100s of them (are rich).

I asked my mom if they can spare one for us (as a joke of course).

People are crazy.....