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Michele, he just agreed to it. I think you're absolutely right, and who wants to get into the business of making boxes, anyway?
I just sent him a reply:
<<I think that's really the best idea. The portrait's not cheap and we would both be truly sick if something happened to it. On the painters' list I mentioned, someone recently told a story of a portrait artist who commanded a great deal of money and who shipped a posthumous portrait of a cardiologist some distance to have it ready for an unveiling at a special event honoring the physician. The shipping was delayed and it only arrived hours before the presentation. The artist was horrified to see that the package had been damaged and there was a rip in the canvas right through the subject's heart area. Luckily he'd brought his paint supplies with him and was able to do a temporary fix for the presentation, and also luckily the package was insured to the full value, but he still had to go home afterwards and repaint the whole thing on a new canvas because his repair, of course, wouldn't have held up.>>
I'm sure that will reassure him about the wisdom of his decision. And thanks for confirming my suspicion that this price is about as good as it's going to get!
Leslie
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