That's going to cost a lot more than it used to. Just speaking from experience from the last PF I shipped a few months back. I had it in a plywood box, but looking at prices for boxes above that size produced much higher numbers.

I had exact weight and dimensions when I printed my fedex label.

I see it's on the receivers dime, just be aware that fedex came behind me two weeks after the buyer received their PF and increased my shipping by $21, due to "further investigation" or some nonsense. Cost me nearly $100 to ship.

I think somehow my comment was taken that he should crate this.

I took this as he was going to ship in one of these type of cardboard boxes. Which, ironically are more expensive than shipping a crate.

I have also in the past shipped coast to coast for around $60 a few years ago.

My point was that the shipping rates have changed. Shipping a 4" TV box is now more expensive than a 3" crate. It's got to do with size and not weight.

Either way, I'm curious on what the OP will pay for shipping. BTW, the PF I shipped was a blown out FP I sold for $50 and not a Mona Lisa as well.

Curious how much shipping ended up being on this?

That's a bummer.

At the end of the day, crating a PF, even a somewhat blown out version ,in my opinion, is the easiest way to ship. Looking for a cardboard box, is time consuming, wonky and always a random size, which equates to random pricing. A crate is very cheap, easy to build and gives you the cheapest shipping rates, and not to mention is very secure and protected way to ship.

I just received a PF on Sunday from Wade Krause. West Coast to East Coast 5 day fedex ground and it was about $71 I believe, You can get material to build 3-4 crates for around $40. Takes about an hour to build all 4 with minimal effort.