A few weeks ago, I offered to help a girl friend of mine to pick up a very large and heavy painting from her home and take it to a gallery as a consignment for sale. While I was trying to pack it with bubble wrap, the frame tilted a bit, hit an armchair and suffered a slight rip of the canvas. The restoration of the artwork cost me close to a thousand dollars. The moral of the story?
Never try to pick up a heavy framed painting by yourself and NEVER try to impress a girl friend!
