KNOKKE-HEIST.- This year’s 35th edition of the prestigious art and antiques fair Art Nocturne Knocke was a resounding success. No fewer than 11,950 art and antiques lovers flocked to the fair at the Belgian coastal resort of Knokke last week. Antiques dealers and most art galleries did good business and the public were exceedingly enthusiastic about the offered art works and their presentation. The fair included the beautiful ‘La Chaumière Sous Les Arbres’ (‘The cottage under the trees’) by Van Gogh from 1885. The painting was first exhibited by Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs of Amsterdam this spring at the influential TEFAF Maastricht art and antiques fair in the Netherlands. At Art Nocturne Knocke the same gallery sold the painting to a Belgian couple for close to the asking price of €2,750,000. With over ten thousand acquisitive art lovers over recent years, Art Nocturne Knocke has