We organise the collection of your merchandise with meticulous care from anywhere in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy or the UK, whether it be at an auction house, gallery, antique dealer, private house, or professional fair. We also work closely with an extensive network of transporters, which enables us to collect from most other major cities within Europe. Your merchandise, handled with the care it deserves.

We appreciate how important the quality of packing is for the safe arrival of your merchandise, which is why we only use conservation-approved materials, including acid-free tissue paper, bubble wrap, polystyrene & foams. Each piece is individually assessed by our experienced team and then packed according to its specific requirements so as to minimise the risk of damage. Whatever the item, EDET provides the bespoke packing solution.

Tailor-made cases are cut and assembled by hand in our on-site workshop by our expert craftsmen.  As well as the nature of the merchandise, the mode of transportation may determine the type of crate required.  All of our cases :  tri-wall, ply-wood, slatted-body or re-useable museum crates are made in house. All of our wood is treated in conformity of the ISPM 15 standards.

From the moment your merchandise passes into one of our team member’s hands, it is covered by the all-risk insurance, inherent to our activity. Additional transit insurance coverage is offered at competitive rates. They include:

• Total Loss
• All risk with deductible (depending on declared value)
• All risk without deductible (under certain conditions)

For further information on our policies, please contact us.

We provide a weekly shuttle service between Paris & London along with a comprehensive service to Russia and Switzerland including customs clearance and inland delivery.

Several air freight options are available:

• Door-to-airport (incoterm CPT)
• Door-to-airport-to-door (incoterm DAP) including white glove delivery service if required
• Door-to-door via an express courier

We are highly efficient in meeting the tightest of deadlines.

We organise full container load shipments (FCL) to all destinations worldwide.  All the merchandise is loaded by our experienced handlers and the containers sealed at our in-house loading bay. We also have a trusted partnership with an external consolidator for all of your less than container load shipments (LCL). We fulfil specific overseas requirements including AMS & ISF 10+2 filing for the USA & Japan & fumigation in countries where it is required.

We have a 25 000sq ft warehouse equipped with a modern CCTV security system and alarms. Our storage is composed of safety compartments reserved for extremely valuable or fragile items and nominative individual storage areas, where clients can amass their purchases until they are ready to proceed with their shipment. We also have a customs bonded area for artworks in transit. Our offices are on the same site as our warehouse which enables us to monitor arrivals and dispatches in real time.

We take care of the necessary export formalities for all of your shipments in accordance with French regulations, including: EUR1, ATR, Passports & Export licences, Certificate of Origins & CITES. Our logistics team provides the required documentation for import formalities at destination, including work of art statements or antique declarations. If your shipment leaves the EU, we systematically send proof of exportation to the vendor, so that you can obtain your VAT refund or benefit from tax exoneration.

We have a client account service dedicated to helping you with your financial transactions with dealers.

EDET are present at all the major professional, antique fairs in France and Italy to assist you. We provide buying kits in order to record and identify your purchases. France has a lot on offer, and whether you be a professional shipping full containers or an art lover airfreighting a single painting, we have the knowledge to ensure that shipping out of Europe is a worryfree experience.