Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Large Collection of Jerusalem Photographs – Zangaki Brothers – Second Half of the 20th Century
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Some 75 photographs of Jerusalem and the Holy Land by the Brothers Adelphoi and Constantine Zangaki. [Middle to late 19th century].
A collection of photographs, signed and titled in the negative, presenting scenes of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, including: The Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock; the Tower of David and the road to Bethlehem; Church of the Holy Sepulchre; Hezekiah’s Pool; the Mishkenot Sha’ananim neighborhood; the Mount of Olives; a water well at Jaffa’s Church of St. Peter; Ramle; and more.
Size and condition varies. Overall good condition. Most photographs printed in large format, mounted onto thick plates (at times to both sides of plate). On the back of two of the plates are photographs by members of the Bonfils family. Some of the photos appear in duplicate copies of two or more.
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