Daily News Reader's choice Awards

The Daily News is having their readers choice awards for 2011. All votes need to be in by Sunday July 3rd. lets all vote for the best store in the Valley. The Daily News has been doing this for years. Let's finish on the top of the list this year, we can only do this with your help.

Use this link. http://www.la-dev.com/ReadersC

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Let's get the vote out !!!!

Pack & Ship of Paintings of The Great Outdoors

If you can't get outdoors and you don't get cable, the next best things are paintings and photos. The picture on the top, of the tree with the yellow leaves ,is a great shoot of a tree in the fall. This is something we don't see much of in Southern California. The one on the bottom looks like a photo from Arrowhead or even up north like Tahoe, or it could be Oregon or Washington. The point is unless you go outdoors and like camping or hiking or just a get away, their is nothing like being out in the fresh air, with a running stream with the background of the mountains, any time you get to be with mother nature, you can't go wrong. This is your chance to go out and relax and enjoy the July 4th weekend whether you go to the park or camping, always remember to be safe. And take some photos, so you could look back into time and smile and say they were the good old days. here is a link if you're looking to go camping http://koa.com/ When you get back this will have already been packed and shipped out of Santa Monica

The week in reviews

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6/25/2011 Santa Monica

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I needed to carry a number of LARGE objects on plane, last minute. Ray was kind enough to pack them up immediately, in an impenetrable fortress of cardboard and tape. I thought it was going to be very expensive, given all the effort and detail Ray put into the project. Turns out, I got away under $10!! My package made to LAX to SFO in perfect condition. Thanks Box Brothers!!!!

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6/25/2011 Oakland, CA

I purchased a rather larger Turkish carpet from Clars Auction Gallery in Oakland, CA recently. Although they do not offer shipping through their company, they had several companies listed on their site that had served previous customers. Only by chance did I contact Box Brothers to ship my carpet.

The caret arrived today and, not only am I very pleased with my purchase, I am extremely pleased with the manner in which it arrived. Not only had been carefully and professionally packed in a shipping box, but also had been sealed in plastic to protect it from any moisture. I also appreciate the professional staff I dealt with while arranging the shipment.

I can only hope that I will have the opportunity to use your fine company again in the future.

Thanks so much.

Tom G

6/25/2011 Santa Monica

Box Brothers are the best you can get! For years I have been receiving packages carefully wrapped, packed, and sealed from their careful hands. Their care and attention to each shipment is unmatched.

My mother recently shipped me over a dozen homemade jars of jam to give as gifts, and the only person she trusted to properly wrap and ship them was Ray at Box Brothers. I received them in Oakland (from L.A.) within 2 days time, and all of the jars were neatly nestled, each wrapped in a cocoon of bubble wrap and surrounded in little Styrofoam peantus. It was amazing. The gifts were a hit, thanks to Ray @ Box Brothers!

Also, you don't have to trust us regular folk here on yelp, a bunch of famous assholes are posted up on the walls in the shop, so you know this place is for real. LA for real.

Thanks Ray and Box Brothers, for always making sure my mom's care packages make it to me in perfect condition!

THEY RULE!

Vintage Gas Sign !

Oh the good old days. They say gas prices are going down. It's hard to believe after almost hitting $5.00 per gallon in Los Angeles that they had no place to go but down. After seeing this antique sign with gas prices at .20 cents and a penny tax boy we really miss those days. But when was gas .20 cents you ask? In 1919 gas prices were .25 cents a gallon around the end of world war one. In 1946 it went up to 27 cents a gallon. And stayed below .40 cents until mid 1970. Wow what happened after that? the first 30 years it went up less then .30 cents a gallon the next 30 years it went up over $4.00 where did we go wrong? If you were at the Box Brothers store in Santa Monica today you also would have seen gas prices at .20 for a limited time that is until they packed up this antique sign. here's a link with some fun facts. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110425/bs_ac/8360093_us_gas_price_history_from_25_cents_to_nearly_5_a_gallon

Antique Paintings Pack, Crate, & Freight

Here are some photos of 2 antique oil paintings that were packed by our Art expert himself Chris G. (very carefully), crated, and shipped freight. The paintings were painted in New York in 1906 by A. Jacobs. The wood crates were made to perfection by Cesar (like usual) at our Warehouse in Inglewood Ca. and shipped out from the store here in Woodland Hills. Another fine custom pack job.

The old foosball guys retiring

I've been playing foosball for years. I never seen guys this old. Foosball was invented in 1921 in the United Kingdom. This is what I'd like to know is spinnig legal? Did you know the ball can go up to speeds up to 35 miles per hour? I'm sure the guys at Box Brothers in Santa Monica know the history behind the 4 last foosball guys. Our Antique specialists show off some of their packaging skills. for more facts on foosball check out the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_football

Charles Coming to us live from the Debbie Reynolds Auction

Charles' Report on the Auction

From: Profiles in History

The highlight items from Saturday were:

Marilyn Monroe's "Subway Dress" from The Seven Year Itch sold for $4,600,000

Audry Hepburn's "Ascot Dress" from My Fair Lady sold for $3,700,000

Marilyn Monroe's "Red-Sequined Showgirl Gown" from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes sold for $1,200,000

Judy Garland's dress from The Wizard of Oz sold for $910,000

Judy Garland's "Ruby Slippers" from The Wizard of Oz sold for $510,000

Check out this article regarding the Marilyn Monroe dress:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110620/ap_en_mo/us_film_hollywood_auction

The auctioning of the Marilyn Monroe dress was truly a momentous occasion.

Additionally, there were several other items that went for $500,000.

There were a total of 587 lots in the auction.

It started shortly after noon and ended shortly after 1 am on Sunday.