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
