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Barakat Gallery
The Barakat Gallery is an antiquities dealership with locations in London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Seoul. Barakat is considered to have one of the largest collection of ancient art for sale in the world, and one of the largest collections in private hands, at around 40,000 items with total valuation of over $1.5 billion USD according to several sources. The galleries are currently owned by Fayez Barakat, a Palestinian-American artist and antiquities dealer. Barakat is the fifth generation of his family to run the business. History The gallery started informally on the Barakat family's farm land in Hebron, Palestine where the family collected antiquities from local farmers that had unearthed them in the course of their labor. The family then sold the antiquities alongside their own produce in the local market. The modern company was founded with the opening of its first major gallery in Jerusalem in the 1950s and has since expanded to Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, and Seo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Barakat ( ar, بركات ) is an Arabic word meaning ''blessings''. It may refer to: Persons * Barakat (surname) * Barkatullah (other), a male given name Others * Barakat syndrome, also known as HDR syndrome * ''Barakat!'', 2006 French-Algerian film, directed by Djamila Sahraoui * Barakat (2020 film), ''Barakat'' (2020 film), a South African drama film * al-Barakat, Somali consortium * Barakat, Inc., an American NGO working in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan See also * Berakhah (''Birkath''-) * Bereket (other) * Bereket (name) * Barack Obama * COVIran Barekat {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
