Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim

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Oct 22, 2025

8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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Sold for: $2,200 (₪7,238)

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Auction took place on Oct 22, 2025 at Kedem

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Collection of Orientalist Photographic Portraits – Jerusalem, 19th Century – Khalil Raad, Garabed Krikorian, Joseph Tannous Tumayan / Rare Photograph by Alexandre Gherardi

Fifteen studio portraits produced in early photography studios in Jerusalem. Most are cabinet card photographs. Late 19th – early 20th centuries.

Orientalist-style portraits, showing the sitters in Middle Eastern attire, adorned with jewelry and weaponry, and set against Near Eastern-themed backdrops.

Mounted on studio card mounts, printed with the photographers’ names and logos: Khalil Raad (9 photographs), Garabed Krikorian (3 photographs), Alexandre Gherardi, and two postcard-format photographs by Joseph (Johann) Tumayan, with his photographer’s stamp on verso. Several cards bear the German imperial emblem (likely marking the 1898 visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land).

Various sizes, approx. 6.5×9.5 to 10.5×14.5 cm. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains, scratches, and minor defects to some photographs. One photograph with surface abrasion to center (not affecting sitter’s figure). Slightly oversized mounts, with wear and blemishes.