A FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT OF RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS.SCULPTOR Andy Schuessler needed steady work after grad school but didn't want to stray too far from his chosen field. So he got into the business end of the art world, working for companies that transport and install fine art pieces. Seven years later Schuessler and his wife started their own company, Crate 88 Fine Art Handling, out of a warehouse space near Lincoln and Washington boulevards in Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
"We're a service industry for museums, collectors and galleries. We provide local pickup and delivery of art pieces, as well as installation and packing and crating for shipping and traveling shows. Our warehouse has a wood shop for crate-building, a wrapping section, and we also provide a limited amount of long-term storage. "We charge an hourly rate for trucking and installation, usually about $70 an hour for two men. Crating prices differ because everything is custom-built. It depends on the size and whether it's a one-way shipping crate, a permanent crate, or a traveling crate. "I started because many of the clients I had worked with were pressuring me to start my own company. I saw that the large companies weren't providing good service, and I got tired of being fired for opening my mouth and saying how I thought things should be done. "We decided we wanted to be small. It's just not worth it to us to be running a sweatshop sweatshop: see sweating system. , which is what the big companies become. We handle the finesse jobs. We wouldn't do something as large as the Van Gogh exhibit at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association . If you want the big gorilla work, go to another company. "Our clientele have used the big guys and weren't satisfied with the level of service. We do a lot of corporate work with art collections of companies like Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and O'Melveny & Myers. We do galleries, and also work for the Bel Air Bel Air may refer to: Places in the United States:
"We also work for the film industry. If a production is being shot at a private home, we handle the high-value items, pull them and store them, then reinstall To go through the installation process once again, because files have become corrupted. See reload. after the shoot. Sometimes a film company will rent artwork and we'll babysit it for the gallery and return it when the shoot is over. "We've handled all the old masters, the Rembrandts and Picassos, and contemporary people like David Hockney David Hockney, CH, RA, (born July 9, 1937) is an English artist, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. An important contributor to the British Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. and Sam Francis." |
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