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The new edition of the Maastricht International art fair which lasted from March 7 and 15, 1998 proved once again its importance for the market.
With the gathering of some 174 dealers from 14 different countries, the Maastricht fair unravelled many splendours, from old masters to modern paintings, furniture to art objects and such event has been hailed as the best in world, way ahead of the Paris Biennial. French and Co exhibited a painting by Titian priced at US $ 6 million alongside works by van Huysum or Frans Post while Noortman showed an interior scene by Pieter de Hooch at US $ 2,5 million and Agnew a small still life by Willem Claesz Heda at US $ 1,5 million. The top price for old masters being for a painting showing Hippocrates and Democritus by Peter Lastman at US $ 8,5 million.
A small enamel miniature of King Louis XIV in a diamond frame was being offered at US $ 170,000 by D.S Lavender of London with the fan Queen Marie-Antoinette used during her wedding ceremony of Louis XVI while Véronique Bamps showed an imperial Jade pendant at US $ 350,000 and the Neuse galerie of Germany an ivory group of the three Graces at US $ 500,000.
Julius Bohler of Munich made sensation with a 16th century bronze by Wurzelbauer (US $ 500,000) and Blumka from New York exhibited a marble female bust by Tillio Lombardo, circa 1520, at US $ 2,6 million.
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