The success of the first fair in Paris was followed again in 1984 with the presentation of the Hatcher collection of blue-and-white Ming porcelain. The porcelain was lost in a shipwreck in the mid-1600s and had been discovered in the early 1980s by Captain Michael Hatcher. Thousands of pieces were placed on auction at Christie’s in Amsterdam. The Vervoordt company acquired a majority that was available and first showed the porcelain at the China Fair in London and then in Paris, where many pieces were acquired by museums and collectors.



