Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy, and openness to Eastern religions. More about Allen Ginsberg
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Best known for his poem "Howl", Ginsberg denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. San Francisco police and US Customs seized copies of "Howl" in 1956, and a subsequent obscenity trial in 1957 attracted widespread publicity due to the poem's language and descriptions of heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made (male) homosexual acts a crime in every state. The poem reflected Ginsberg's own sexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not obscene, asking: "Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"In total, we tracked 112 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Allen Ginsberg (Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg- Signed Bank Check) was sold in March 2015 for $1999.99 while the cheapest item (ANNE WALDMAN SIGNED PERSONAL LETTER 1972 - Poetry - Beat Poet - Allen Ginsberg) found a new owner for $4.13 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2011 with an average selling price of $28.00 for an autographed item of Allen Ginsberg. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2014 with $375.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.54 was December 2012. In average, an autographed item from Allen Ginsberg is worth $75.00.
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Allen Ginsberg / MOLOCH (from Howl) Signed Broadside 1/300 - Lynd Ward woodcut | $425.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg autographed copy of Howl, 25th printing | $250.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg Mind Breaths Signed to Producer Albert Grossman 1st Edition 1977 | $197.89 | ||
Allen Ginsberg Signed Empty Mirror 1st Edition Totem Corinth Press 1961 #Howl | $74.11 | ||
Allen Ginsberg signed note. Authenticated. | $20.50 | ||
HOWL AND OTHER POEMS Allen Ginsberg SIGNED POCKET POETS 3rd edition | $91.00 | ||
LETTERS TO ALLEN GINSBERG William S. Burroughs SIGNED By Burroughs and Ginsberg | $152.49 | ||
SIGNED 1st ED WHITE SHROUD: Poems 1980-1985 ALLEN GINSBERG Hardback DJ 1986 | $199.95 | ||
SIGNED Allen Ginsberg, HOLY SOUL JELLY ROLL, Poems and Songs 1949-1993 | $190.00 | ||
Signed Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg | $165.00 |
Michael McClure, Present at Beat Poetry’s Birth, Dies at 87 (05/06/20): He took part in the storied San Francisco reading where Allen Ginsberg unveiled a version of “Howl.” He went on to have his own moments of fame and notoriety.
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