Garantee & Transport
Since the antiques on show are in France, we offer a shipping quote for each item separately including the exact cost of shipment, which we arrange via the closest port where our shipper is represented (42 locations throughout the USA).
The estimated cost of sea freight to the port as specified on this website is based on 3 destinations: New York, Houston or Los Angeles. For specific destinations and complete quotes, please send an email to shipping@marcmaison.com or call us in France +33.1.42.25.25.12.79 or +33.6.60.62.61.90.
For English ask for Daisy. If you prefer, you can arrange for shipment and packaging yourself.
Shipment worldwide
Our company arranges for shipment worlwide
Our shipper now has a door to door service including the customs clearance and the delivery to the final destination.
- For purchases of at least $90,000 covering one or more items, Marc Maison will offer you the free shipment of a small container of 20 feet to your closest port.
- For purchases of at least $115,000 covering one or more items, Marc Maison will offer you the free shipment of a large container of 40 feet to your closest port.
- Since a few weeks, we arrange also shipment by air freight with Fedex, although the expenses are higher, the shipping is of course quicker and door to door.
Costs included
Cost included in the quote specified on the website are as follows:
- Handling in France
- Customs dues
- Sea freight to the port,
- Unloading of the container,
- Packing into full wooden crates
- Insurance of products and transport
- Storage for 8 days in the shipper’s warehouses
- Export administration costs including B/ L, which Marc Maison has to pass onto French customs, amount to some $200 per shipment.
Costs not included
Import taxes and customs clearance that need to be factored into each shipment arriving in the United States are as follows:
- Note: All items over 100 years old are considered to be antiques which are exempt from US import taxes. Goods deemed to be works of art and unique, together with goods made largely of wood and metal, are also exempt from import taxes.
- Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) is 0.21% of imported value, subject to a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $485
- Harbor maintenance fee (HMF) amounts to between 0.1% and 0.2% of the invoice amount
- Storage over 8 days in the shipper’s warehouse (not for Fedex quote).
- Delivery from the port to the final destination (included in the Fedex quote).
Please send an email at shipping@marcmaison.com with your zip code for a quote.