The
stands
265 exhibitors
from 19 countries
29 vetting
committees, made up of 175 experts
Over 30,000
objects exhibited worth over €3bn
The
visitors
72,000 visitors
in total
10,413 VIP
guests on the opening day
44% from outside
the Netherlands
85% who describe
themselves as private buyers
Over 21%
first-time visitors
Over 34% stayed
at least one night in or near Maastricht
Curators from
238 museums across 21 countries
360 extra
flights at Aachen-Maastricht airport during the course of the fair,
with 160 private jets by Friday evening - their busiest period of
the year
Collecting interests of visitors
Old Master
paintings (30%)
Antiques
(36%)
Modern and
contemporary (34%).
The
set-up
30,000 cups of
coffee and 250kg of sugar consumed by the stand builders
220 people
worked for 23 days, of which 11 days were around the clock
On the Monday
before the fair opened, 20 people worked throughout the night to
lay 15,000m of carpet in the aisles
800m of padded
panelling decked the entrance hall
Food and
drink
Consumed during
the private view:
1800 bottles of
champagne
150,000
canapés
Consumed
over the whole fair:
15,000 glasses
of champagne
31,000 glasses
of wine
75,000 cups of
coffee
50,000
sandwiches
10,000
pastries
11,000
oysters
All prepared by
515 cooks and served by 2300 waiters
The
flowers
33,000
Avalanche roses used for the entrance display
40,500
multicoloured long-stalked French tulips and 4500 branches of
magnolia or cherry blossoms decorated the corridors, squares and
cafés
24,000 multi-coloured short-stemmed Dutch tulips used for the
arrangements in the Place de La Concorde
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