In the Netherlands, was the world's largest antique shop
ARTinvestment.RU   17 марта 2008

In Maastricht, from 7 to 16 March was the world's largest annual antique fair Tefaf Maastricht. According to various estimates, the total value of items put up to one billion USD, which is twice the value of works sold in the past

in Maastricht, from 7 to 16 March was the world's largest annual antique fair Tefaf Maastricht. According to various estimates, the total value of items put up to one billion USD, which is twice the value of works sold last year.

Tefaf Maastricht rightly regarded as the best saloon in the world of antiques. To get at this salon is seeking a gallery, but satisfy the conditions of carefully selected, not all. To participate in the salon, in addition to high-quality work, requires a positive recommendation of a minimum of two galleries, participating in Tefaf Maastricht for a long time.

At the salon art sale of all types and times: from da Vinci's drawings and contemporary photographs. In the words of gallery owners, collectors often, came to the old masters, go to the art of the late twentieth century.

At Tefaf Maastricht - 2008 were exhibited for sale «Children with orange» Van Gogh for 30 million dollars, surreal canvas Rene Magritte «Indigenous born» (Les Graces Naturelles) for 10 million euro, oil for a Eugène Delacroix million euro, a self-portrait by Rembrandt in 1632 to 18 million euros and more. It is widely represented in the cabin was modern art - the work of a value of several tens of thousands to several tens of millions of dollars.

A characteristic feature of Tefaf Maastricht - the extremely high prices for goods displayed, but the results of sales, this does not discourage collectors and investors, and each year the small Dutch town of Maastricht has become a place of pilgrimage for art market participants.

Source: http://www.sgallery.net