# Allen Ginsberg - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T17:53:34.024Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 137
- Lots with prices: 94
- First auction date: 1999-10-07
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $937
- Price range: $70 to $35,000

## Market Takeaway
Allen Ginsberg shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,187. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-25.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($1,187\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $400 and $2,750.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 45.9% (39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 48.2% (41 sales)
- $10,000\+: 5.9% (5 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 11
- Previous 12 months sales: 13
- Recent 12 months median: $1,900
- Previous 12 months median: $260
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-25
- Days since latest sale: 24
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 29 lots
- Schneider\-Henn: 14 lots
- Christie's: 13 lots
- Bonhams: 10 lots
- Alexander Historical Auctions LLC: 6 lots
- PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers: 6 lots
- Sotheby's: 6 lots
- Phillips: 5 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- University Archives: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-07-17 | Allen Ginsberg rare poster dress"" | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-allen-ginsberg-rare-poster-dress-462-c-7544f0ea6e
2. 2024-12-06 | ALLEN GINSBERG | Alexander Historical Auctions LLC | $70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-allen-ginsberg-1951-c-8d94b4ca7e
3. 2024-09-18 | Allen Ginsberg Signed Copy of his Father Louis Ginsberg’s Poetry | University Archives | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-allen-ginsberg-signed-copy-of-his-father-louis-ginsberg-s-poetry-459-c-3064ebe8dd
4. 2024-09-05 | Photo portrait of Allen Ginsberg | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100
5. 2026-03-28 | Allen Ginsberg, Photographs \[SIGNED 1990 1ST ED WITH LARGE 2\-PAGE FLOWER DRAWING\] | Bucklin | $280 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-allen-ginsberg-photographs-signed-1990-1st-ed-with-large-2-page-flower-drawing-114-c-233425fab0
6. 2026-02-25 | Allen Ginsberg 1926\-1997 Kaddash Poem Book SIGNED | Hill Auction Gallery | $350
7. 2026-01-25 | Allen Ginsberg \(1926\-1997\): The Ballad of the Skeletons, 1996 | Santa Monica Auctions | N/A
8. 2025-10-14 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) COME ALIVE POSTER | Westport Auction | $70
9. 2025-09-13 | ALLEN GINSBERG, SNAPSHOT POETICS, SIGNED, WITH AS EVER | Turner Auctions \+ Appraisals | N/A
10. 2025-07-31 | Allen Ginsberg, Heroic Portrait of Jack Kerouac with Railroad Brakeman's manual in pocket, Fire Escape, New York | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100
11. 2025-07-17 | Three works all signed by Allen Ginsberg | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $150
12. 2025-07-09 | Allen Ginsberg \(1926\-1997\): William Burroughs \- Classic Portrait at Window | STAIR | $1,600
13. 2025-07-09 | Allen Ginsberg \(1926\-1997\): William Burroughs, Time of Queer Manuscript Preparation | STAIR | $1,900
14. 2025-06-27 | Allen Ginsberg 1926\-1997 | Schneider\-Henn | €750
15. 2025-05-08 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson, Market Street, San Francisco. March 1955; printed 1996. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,500
16. 2025-04-10 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) William S. Burroughs, Slightly Zonked. May 1961; printed 1991 by Sid Kaplan. | Swann Auction Galleries | $3,250
17. 2025-04-10 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Donlon, Cassady, Ginsberg, LaVigne, Ferlinghetti outside City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA. 1956; pri | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,750
18. 2025-04-10 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Neal Cassady, age 29, North Beach, San Francisco, CA. 1955; printed 1985 by Sid Kaplan. | Swann Auction Galleries | $2,375
19. 2025-02-20 | Signed by Allen Ginsberg | PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-signed-by-allen-ginsberg-461-c-5474b319cf
20. 2024-12-17 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Jack Kerouac, railroad brakeman's rule\-book in pocket. 1953; printed prior to 1997. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,375 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-allen-ginsberg-1926-1997-jack-kerouac-railroad-brakeman-s-rule-book-in-pocket-1953-printed-prior-to-1997-158-c-0c3fab6d48
21. 2024-10-02 | Allen Ginsberg \(American, 1926\-1997\) | Sworders | £260
22. 2024-09-21 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) 1967 BLOCK PRINT BROADSIDE | Dirk Soulis Auctions | $170
23. 2024-08-22 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Photograph dated and Signed, "AllenGinsberg / 10/6/94 / \(AH\)," | Swann Auction Galleries | $406
24. 2024-08-22 | ALLEN GINSBERG \(1926\-1997\) Four pocket poetry collections, each inscribed and with an original ink drawing. | Swann Auction Galleries | $812

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