Allen Ginsberg Photographs: Auction Prices

1926–1997

ArtSell has recorded 8 auction results for Allen Ginsberg photographs between 2011 and 2026, and 8 of them sold (100%). Half of the priced sales fell between $1.6kSign up free to see and $4.4kSign up free to see, with a median of $2kSign up free to see. The auction record in our data is Neal Cassady und Susan Metzner, sold at Grisebach in May 2011 for $6.9kSign up free to see. Sales were recorded mainly at Bonhams (3), Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (2) and Grisebach (2).

Record: Neal Cassady und Susan Metzner — $6,914Sign up free to see

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1. 
   Collection of fourteen photographs, 1984

   Photograph

   10⅞ h x 13⅞ w in (28 x 35 cm)

   Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026 · Lot 219
   $1,664≈ £1,243≈ €1,450Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
2. 
   Robert Frank (New York City), 1993

   Photograph

   9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (24.8 x 16.5 cm.)

   Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026 · Lot 271
   $2,048≈ £1,526≈ €1,750Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Bonhams ↗
3. 
   'Paul Bowles Preparing Tea' (Marrakesh, Morocco), 1961

   Photograph

   10 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (27.6 x 41.3 cm.)

   Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026 · Lot 270
   $2,048≈ £1,526≈ €1,750Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Bonhams ↗
4. 
   Heroic Portrait of Jack Kerouac with Railroad Brakeman's manual in pocket, Fire Escape, New York

   Photograph

   11⅝ h x 7⅞ w in (30 x 20 cm)

   Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025 · Lot 271
   $1,397≈ £1,056≈ €1,221Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
5. 
   Untitled, 1950s

   Photograph

   10 x 8 in

   Sheafer King Modern · Mar 18, 2025 · Lot 64
   Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
6. 
   Untitled, 1955

   Photograph

   10 x 8 in

   Sheafer King Modern · Mar 18, 2025 · Lot 62
   Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
7. 
   Untitled

   Photograph

   8 x 10 in

   Sheafer King Modern · Mar 18, 2025 · Lot 61
   Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
8. 
   Untitled

   Photograph

   10 x 8 in

   Sheafer King Modern · Jan 21, 2025 · Lot 106
   Result not publishedEst. $50–100View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
9. 
   Untitled

   Photograph

   10 x 8 in

   Sheafer King Modern · Jan 21, 2025 · Lot 104
   Result not publishedEst. $50–100View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
10. 
    Untitled, 1983

    Photograph

    10 x 8 in

    Sheafer King Modern · Nov 12, 2024 · Lot 98
    Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
11. 
    Untitled

    Photograph

    10 x 8 in

    Sheafer King Modern · Nov 12, 2024 · Lot 97
    Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
12. 
    Peter Orlovsky, our Porch Tampa Bay, 1961

    Photograph

    8 x 10 in

    Sheafer King Modern · Nov 12, 2024 · Lot 96
    Result not publishedEst. $100–200View at Sheafer King Modern ↗
13. 
    William Seward Burroughs at Kitchen Table New York, 1953

    Photograph

    13 3/4 x 11 in. (34.9 x 27.9 cm.)

    Phillips · Mar 4, 2020 · Lot 186
    $3,500≈ £2,732≈ €3,146Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
14. 
    Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs on a beach in Morocco, 1957

    Photograph

    7 1/2 x 11 1/2in

    Bonhams · Feb 23, 2015 · Lot 7201
    $1,188≈ £773≈ €1,051Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
15. 
    William S. Burroughs, 1953

    Photograph

    11,6 × 17,8 cm

    Grisebach · May 26, 2011 · Lot 1343
    €4,880≈ $6,914≈ £4,238Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–6,000View at Grisebach ↗
16. 
    Neal Cassady und Susan Metzner, 1964

    Photograph

    18,4 × 25,5 cm

    Grisebach · May 26, 2011 · Lot 1344
    €4,880≈ $6,914≈ £4,238Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–6,000View at Grisebach ↗

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