THE FAIR 

  DEALERS SET UP
Saturday November 6, 2010,  from   7.00 - 11.00 h

  BADGES
Please collect immediately at arrival on November 6th your badges at the Map-Fair registration desk in the lobby of the Hotel Ambassador.

Please wear your badges all day. They are the only way our staff can recognize you and let you in and out.

During set-up hours (7.00-11.00) the organization will allow only those persons who are  registered. The mapdealer may not have assistants who are map dealers in their own right or who represent map businesses other than that of the registered dealer. 

  SECURITY
We will be providing guards throughout the day, who will patrol the entrance doors during set-up hours, and ensure that visitors' small packages and bags are checked in to the cloakroom on arrival and that on leaving the hall all visitors' purchases are marked with a "Sold" sticker.

  WRAPPING DESK  A wrapping desk is available providing packing paper for packing your sold items. At a nominal fee of 3 EURO hard tubes with plastic closings are available for purchase. 

  PARKING
We have reserved 5 parking lots in front of the hotel on Saturday from 7.00-9.00h for unloading your car. After you are finished unloading you have to remove your car immediately. The nearest car parking is at Drouot and Galeries Lafayette. During break-down hours we have reserved also 5 parking lots and you are requested to remove your car immediately after finishing. We have valet parking; after unpacking your car, an hotel employee can park your card for you.Hotel bell-boys are available to assist you by carrying items in and out the hotel, or in and out your hotelroom. 

  OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC
The mapfair opens to the public Saturday November 7,  at 11.00 The closing will be at  18.00 h.

  35 International map dealers
from France, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Greece are participating. [ details of dealers ]

  TYPE OF STANDS
- Area dimensions for a Standard stand are 2x2 meters. Stands are composed of a covered table (180x80cm or 80x80cm), chairs and a dealer's name board.
- Area dimensions for a De Luxe stand are 3x2 meters. Stands are composed of a covered table (180x80cm  or 80x80cm), chairs and a dealer's name board.

  EXTRAS
Rear screening for displaying maps of 2 meters wide;by 2.30 meters high is optional and must be ordered before October 27th. Extra costs are EURO 150 for 2 meters wide.
De Luxe stands may order 2 or 3 metros rear screening. (Cost for 3 meters screen is EURO 225).
If you do not order rear screening, you can not display items in the rear. It is not allowed to stitch items on the Hotel wall.

Showcases
We offer three sizes of showcases :
50 x 50 x 180 at EUROS 150,00 (excl. TVA)
100 x 30 x 180cm. at EUROS 170,00 (excl. TVA)
100 x 50 x 180cm. at EUROS 220,00 (excl. TVA)
Orders need to be placed before October 10th.

Printracks 
If you are traveling light and you still want to present your maps in a print rack we have good news.
For EURO 45,00 we offer a print racks for rent. In a standard size stand (2x2meters) you can rent one print rack when you have decided for a 80x180cm table. In case you choose for a 80x80cm table you can have two print racks.

Offcourse you are free in using your own print racks.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Dealer who have not yet filled in the registration form are requested doing so as soon as possible.

Participants who have not yet submitted their passportnumber/drivers license numbers and registration number of their business at any official registery (for Americans EIN or Sales Tax Nr) have to do so as soon as possible.  European dealers need to provide their VAT numbers. French dealers need to provide their "No récépissé de revendeur d'objets mobiliers" and "Numero de registre du commerce".

Some of you have asked us about TVA (or VAT-BTW) in France (or better Europe). We have contacted Alan Franklin Transport -Specialist carriers of Antiques and fine arts. According to their information:

European dealers:
A dealer from within Europe has to declare his sales tax at his home country, same way as he usually does. He also has to use his home country TVA rate.
If a European dealer sells to a European dealer with a TVA number (but who is not a country fellow men), the seller does not have to charge TVA to the buyer.
If a European dealer sells to a person from outside Europe, the buyer has to sign a paper, declaring that he will take the goods out of Europe, and the seller does not has to charge TVA to the buyer.

Non-European dealers:
A non European dealer entering France (Europe) has to file a "temporary Import of goods".
When the goods are leaving Europe, the non-European dealer has to pay TVA (5.5% on books and atlases and 19.6% on maps and prints) on sold items.
This is usually done by your preferred carrier.

Please be advised that this advise is not legally binding and you can not use this in any dispute. Be also advised that the matter is very complicated and several sources are giving different answers. The above is what we have heard most.

Alan Franklin Transport Paris, is specialized in import and exporting arts from USA into Europe. Should you want to use their service.

Alan Franklin Transport
Specialist carriers of Antiques and fine arts.
Attn. Isabelle
2 rue Etienne Dolet
93400 St. Quen - PARIS
France
Tel. +33 1 40 11 50 00
Fax. +33 1 40 11 48 21

  MAP / ATLAS AUCTION of  Loeb-Larocque    (more)

Do not miss the viewing  and Map and Atlas Auction of  Loeb-Larocque  on Friday 6th, 2009 at Drouot-Richelieu, 9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris.
The auction will be taking place at Drouot-Richelieu,  9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris, on November 6 th., starting at 14.00h.
online catalogue .

  THE HÔTEL AMBASSADOR
Hotel Ambassador -  16, Blvd Haussmann - 75009 Paris - France

This late 20's style, very centrally located hotel on boulevard Haussmann, is a first class, four star historic hotel featuring a truly Parisian atmosphere, with crystal chandeliers, paintings and antiques.  The property has a renowned gourmet restaurant and piano cocktail bar.  The Hotel Ambassador stands nearly on top of the site of the “Hotel Tetebout” (in today's Ninth Arrondissement) where Thomas Jefferson, his daughter, Martha, and his slave, James Hemings, spent most of their first year in Paris.   It was at the Hotel Ambassador that Charles Lindbergh was feted after he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic from a rainy airstrip on Long Island to Paris in 1927.

Location: 
Surrounded by Baron Haussmann's celebrated boulevards, the Hotel Ambassador is in a quiet oasis for business and leisure.  A pharmacy, post office, newsstand, and many interesting small shops and restaurants of all sorts are within a few minutes walk of the hotel. 

Attractions within one mile/3km: Champs Elysee, Notre Dame, Opera Garnier, Place Vendome, and the well known traditional grands magasins (department stores) Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps, and the Stock Exchange.  The Louvre Museum is a 15-20 minutes walk south and the charming Montmartre area is a 10 minute walk north (the view of Montmartre's monumental Sacré Coeur from the corner of Rue Laffitte and Boulevard Haussmann, just east of the hotel, is breathtaking). 

There are also a number of early 19th century Passages/Galeries (arcades), including the extensive Passage des Panoramas, near the hotel.  As the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Paris says: "At the time of their construction, the Galeries represented a new traffic free area for commerce, workshops and apartments.  They fell into disuse but were dramatically revamped in the 1970s and now house an eclectic mixture of small shops selling anything from designer jewelry to rare books.  They have high, vaulted roofs of iron and glass."

Transportation
Nearest tube/metro station - Opera-Chausee D'Antin (opposite hotel).  Walking distance to
  tube/metro station - 300 meters/ 3 minutes.
•Nearest bus stop - Opera (opposite hotel).  Walking distance to bus stop - 2 blocks.
•Nearest rail station - Gare St. Lazare.  Walking distance – 10 minutes.
•Distance from airports - 24 kilometers (Charles de Gaulle) / 17 kilometers (Orly) 
• Public Parking -  5 minutes walk, 80 French Francs per day 
•Valet parking 

  PRE-MAP FAIR DINNER

Friday NOVEMBER 5th 2010 - Pre-fair diner.

Visitors and dealers are all invited to our pre-fair dinner starting on Friday night at 19.30h.
Reserve a place now, space is limited! 

 PUBLICITY
We do or best to make this first edition of the Paris map fair a success for all of us. Click for the special page where you can follow the press reviews and see the advertisements we did for previous years. In 2010 the exhibition rooms will be completely renovated and we will increase our budget. We will be placing ads in Caert-thresoor, IMCoS Journal, La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, Bibliophile, Aladin, etc. 
In recent years we have got editorials in MapForum, IMCoS journal, Brussels Map collectors Circle.

3500 examples of a flyer are included in the auction catalogue of Loeb-Larocque, 1000 examples are distributed at French dealers, 200 are included in the journals Caartthresor and  BMCC, 30 full-colour posters are distributed at Paris Book and Print shops, Bibliotheque National, etc.

If you need flyers/invitations please advise (tel. +33 1 44248580)

 FINDING YOUR WAY TO AND IN PARIS
Getting to Paris is from many European cities very easy with the super fast trains

Thalys (when arriving from Netherlands, Belgium and Cologne) and Eurostar (when arriving from London).
Check the TGV French train system. Check out all Premium trains of Europe. Air France is linking the rest of the world with Paris.

Getting around in Paris:
Hotel Ambassador,16 Blvd Haussmann, 75009 is located in the center of Paris:
30 minutes from Airport Charles De Gaulle and 45 minutes from Airport Orly.
Metro: Chaussée d'Antin (lines 7+9) - Richelieu Drouot (lines 8+9) - Opéra (lines 3+7+8)  (Click for Metro map in PDF)
RER: link with AUBER.

Other interesting things to see and do in Paris

Make your visit more profitable and visit one or more of the 20 shops of Paris who are offering maps, prints and travel-related books. Or the hundreds of other book shops and bouquinistes along the River Seine.
Paris is still one of the best places to buy your maps and prints.

Our just relax a few hours or days following the fair and visit the Louvre, the map collection of the Bibliothèque National , the Eifel Tower or the Moulin Rouge.

SomeOld maps of Paris

Restaurants nearby the fair

All museums of Paris. An interactive map of Museums and Monuments of Paris 

Other hotels located close to Map fair in Hotel Ambassador.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions regarding the fair, either as a visitor or as a participating dealer. Email: paris@map-fair.com

PARIS MAP-FAIR
Saturday November 6, 2010
opening hours 11.00 - 18.00 h
Hotel Ambassador
16, Blvd Haussmann - 75009 Paris - France

Organization:
Beatrice Loeb-Larocque, tel +33 (0)6 11803375
Agnes Talec, tel. +33 (0)6 80489709
Paulus Swaen,, USA tel. +1 (727) 687 3298