Auction House Shipping + Partnerships
”The Pitch”

We have been the in-house shipper for Donny Malone Auctions for almost a decade. We have been trusted shipping items from over 200 auctions shipping over 10,000 items.

We are a proud partner and packer for LiveAuctioneer’s LiveShipping program. We believe ourselves to be the best and safest packers on the program insuring your items arrive damage free. If you would like to request us as your preferred packer please email us at ship@gravityboxes.com

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Expert Care in Packing High-Value Items with

Online Auction
In-House Shipper

Our goal is to take the hassle of collecting, organizing, invoicing, packing, and shipping off of the hands of the auction house.

Our call to fame:
At Gravity Boxes we have a one-of-a-kind completely in-house software applications for auction house shipping quotes. We are able to send your entire auction’s winning bidder list their own unique and bespoke shipping quote regardless if they use us.

We have found when bidders automatically receive shipping quotes with a variety of shipping options the decision making process is accelerated and items are picked-up from the auction in record times. Automatic quotes for bidders will eliminate the delay of buyers researching and contacting shippers on their own and waiting for a response. This also gives bidders ease of mind knowing a quote will be sent to them and the hassle of contacting/finding shippers are no longer needed.

The packers:
Our staff has over 100 years experience working for online and live auctions. This gives us an extremely unique position as we are one of the only shippers familiar to the day-today operations of the auction and who have experience handling such fragile and high valued items.

Insurance - Documentation

All items are shipped with insurance unless requested by the buyer.

All shipments and packaging is recorded and documented.

Capodimonte Porcelain “The card Cheat”

Perforated foam is used to support thin and floating limbs.

Shipped for Private eBay Seller

Shipping quote example:

All of our shipping quotes contain important information for the auction house as well as the bidder. We understand bidders may be participating in multiple auctions and it may be difficult to organize each quote to the corresponding auction.

Auction houses may also be cc’d into the shipping quotes. We have found this gives a great peace-of-mind in responding to bidder messages and contact about shipping.

Each quote contains

Auction House Name
Invoice #
Ship-to Zipcode
Personal Message
Variety of shipping options

Easy to find

Because our unique quotes are all email embeded, with no attachments, this means the bidder aswell as the auction house can easily search and locate each individuals shipping quote. We understand the archival importance of communication on the auction level and have made it incredibly easy.

Actual Shipments

Shipped for COLLECTiveHudson

William Bowie “Brutalist Wall Art”
Item shipped incased in foam and secured to avoid damage to prongs and punctures through the box

Shipped for Public Sale

Andy Warhol “COW”
Item shipped flat, and plastic sealed to protect against bends and water

Shipped for Donny Malone Auctions

Jewlery

Individually pocketed, secured and sealed.

Shipped for Donny Malone Auctions

Shipping options

Our quotes contain a variety of shipping options. Typically for standard ground services we offer

US Postal Service
UPS Ground / 2nd day
FedEx Ground / Express

Because every quote is bespoke to the customer and item. All our services are adapable and will change based on the needs for the item.

For example, we offer all ranges of services provided by UPS, FedEx etc… Freight carriers are case-by-case but we mostly use FedEx, Estes, PittOhio, Pilot, R&L, etc…

Boxes and shipping methods

Most quotes are issued with the use of a “Standard Box”. Standard boxing is nothing near standard and each box is certified 200lb - 275lb burst test and consists of heavy duty carboard to keep all your precious items safe

Double Boxing

For extra care we offer double boxing which is when your items are packaged within two layers of boxes for additional padding. This is best use for glassware.