Maastricht, 23 March 2018
**From 10 to 18 March 2018, the 31st edition of TEFAF Maastricht, the international fair for fine art and antiquities, kept its promises for tribal art.**
The fair, presenting 275 exhibitors this year, is one of the year’s biggest art events, and covers over 7,000 years of art history.
TEFAF Tribal – the latest section to be launched by the event’s organisers – was a great success, both among the public, and commercially, namely thanks to the presence of prestigious brands like **Anthony Meyer** (Paris) and **Donald Ellis** (New York).
Among the pleasing sales notched up, we can single out the wooden bowl in the form of a bird (c.1800), which went for 285,000 euros (Donald Ellis Gallery), or the fragment from a monumental bronze statue which found a new owner at 250,000 euros (Merrin Gallery).
“This new edition of TEFAF lived up to my expectations in a very positive way,” comments dealer Anthony Meyer. “I met enthusiastic new clients and touched base with a few old buyers. It seems to me that TEFAF’s tribal section has reached maturity today with a group of 8 dealers offering works from all over the world.”
Meanwhile, **Bernard Dulon** (Galerie Dulon) reports being “particularly satisfied with this edition”. He goes on to say: “We had excellent exchanges with new collectors and our results improved in comparison with those in 2017. Our leading objects this year, including a neck-rest and a Lega ivory head (formerly in the Charles Ratton collection), have joined private collections.”
