Premier Canadian Art Auction Taps Navis Pack & Ship for Fine Art Packaging and Delivery

Posted on November 06, 2007 by Bill Dube

Toronto —A Toronto franchise location of Navis Pack & Ship was selected to provide fine art packaging and delivery services for the 14th Annual Art With Heart, one of Canada’s highest grossing charity art auctions. The Oct. 16th event raised a record $406,250 for Casey House, a supportive care organization for people suffering from AIDS and HIV.

Navis Pack & Ship delivered more than half of this year’s collection, which featured works by prominent Canadian contemporary artists such as Edward Burtynsky, Darren Cerkownyk, Douglas Coupland, Ken Danby, Greg Girard, Attila Richard Lukacs, Charles Pachter and Harold Town.  Navis also handled a featured work by artist James Lahey, which sold for the evening's highest price tag, $27,000.

Ritchies Auctioneers, which conducted the auction, recommended Navis Pack & Ship to the Art With Heart organization. This Navis franchise location regularly provides packaging, shipping and delivery services for fine art and antiques to Ritchies’ clients.

About Navis Pack & Ship

Navis Pack & Ship is a business-to-business, warehouse-based franchise opportunity that specializes in packaging, crating, transportation, and logistics services for items that are difficult to ship.  The company’s diverse clientele ranges from art galleries, auction houses, estate settlement professionals and interior designers, to companies that need to move electronic equipment and machinery. 

Navis also serves residential consumers who are moving furniture, art or household goods, but have less than a mover’s minimum load.  Navis ships across the country and internationally.

Franchise operators receive extensive training in handling fragile, large, awkward and valuable goods, assistance in warehouse site selection and build-out, and support with marketing, sales, operations, technology and hiring employees.

Navis Pack & Ship has clusters of territories available in several major markets, including Los Angeles, New York City, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.