The headboard arrived safely and was well packaged.  It looks beautiful in my guest room.  Very true to the picture.  In fact it is better than I had hoped for and I am thrilled.   

Only downside was trying to undo the screws from the headboard. The thread on one screw was caked in glue and exceedingly difficult to undo.  However we persevered and with the help of WD40 managed to get it out.  Once we had the posts lined up, 3 screws were easy to put in and one was exceedingly difficult.  Took a lot of muscle to get it in.