Salomon Stodel is also one of the founders of the TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) and the National Antiques Fair de PAN, which was established in 1987.
During the second half of the last century the antique market flourished in the Netherlands and beyond. This led to a demand from a small group of Dutch antique dealers for a fair organized by and for antique dealers. This turned out to be a successful formula when the Delft Antiques Fair was established after the war.
Over the years, a variety of fairs emerged, but they often did not last long. In 1985, an agreement between Pictura and Antiquairs International, two fairs held in Maastricht, led to a joint fair in the Eurohal. This merger resulted in TEFAF, The European Fine Art Fair.
In the years around 1990, the participants of the Delft Antiques Fair merged with PAN Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ leading fair in art, antiques and design. With the exception of 2012, Salomon Stodel participated in the national fair from the very beginning up through 2019.
The company’s participation in Maastricht has been uninterrupted since 1978. TEFAF is currently the only fair in which the company takes part.