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Allen Ginsberg

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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Current items with a signature of Allen Ginsberg

These are the most current items with a signature of Allen Ginsberg that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg Collected Poems 1947-1980 SIGNED AND DATED 1988 Paperback GOOD$100.00logo
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg Gregory Corso Photo circa. 1986 Gotham Book Mart Signed & Stamped$565.29logo
thumbnailAs Ever The Collected Correspondence Allen Ginsberg & Neal Cassady Signed By AG$350.00logo
thumbnailHowl: By Allen Ginsberg Signed Limited Edition HC in Case 132/250 Very Good Cond$650.00logo
thumbnailSigned 1st THE PORTABLE BEAT READER Allen Ginsberg Burroughs Kerouac Poetry FINE$250.00logo
thumbnailSIGNED 2nd Printing Allen Ginsberg Collected Poems 1947-1980 HB DJ 1987$120.00logo
thumbnailSigned Allen Ginsberg The Visions of the Great Remembrancer 1st Paperback 1974 $150.00logo
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?"

Ginsberg was a Buddhist who extensively studied Eastern religious disciplines. He lived modestly, buying his clothing in second-hand stores and residing in apartments in New York City's East Village. One of his most influential teachers was Tibetan Buddhist Chögyam Trungpa, the founder of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. At Trungpa's urging, Ginsberg and poet Anne Waldman started The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics there in 1974. Read even more about Allen Ginsberg at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Allen Ginsberg

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.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Allen Ginsberg were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg / MOLOCH (from Howl) Signed Broadside 1/300 - Lynd Ward woodcut$425.00logo
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg autographed copy of Howl, 25th printing$250.00logo
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg Mind Breaths Signed to Producer Albert Grossman 1st Edition 1977$197.89logo
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg Signed Empty Mirror 1st Edition Totem Corinth Press 1961 #Howl$74.11logo
thumbnailAllen Ginsberg signed note. Authenticated.$20.50logo
thumbnailHOWL AND OTHER POEMS Allen Ginsberg SIGNED POCKET POETS 3rd edition$91.00logo
thumbnailLETTERS TO ALLEN GINSBERG William S. Burroughs SIGNED By Burroughs and Ginsberg$152.49logo
thumbnailSIGNED 1st ED WHITE SHROUD: Poems 1980-1985 ALLEN GINSBERG Hardback DJ 1986$199.95logo
thumbnailSIGNED Allen Ginsberg, HOLY SOUL JELLY ROLL, Poems and Songs 1949-1993$190.00logo
thumbnailSigned Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg$165.00logo

Latest News about Allen Ginsberg

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. Go to news article

Fantastic Lunar Landscape Framed Print by Jerry Ginsberg (12/21/18): Fantastic Lunar Landscape Framed Print by Jerry Ginsberg. All framed prints are professionally printed, framed, assembled, and shipped within 3 - 4 business days and delivered ready-to-hang on your wall. Choose from multiple print sizes and hundreds of frame and mat options. Go to news article