--- title: JFK: 13 John F. Kennedy Wedding Negatives Auctioned for $37,000 description: The photos, depicting the newlyweds and the wedding party, were reportedly taken by photographer Frank Ataman canonical: https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-16T08:36:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:49:18.206Z article:section: History og:title: JFK Wedding Negatives Sold og:description: 13 negatives of photos taken at John F. Kennedy's wedding have been auctioned for $37,000 og:url: https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cadb6276a82ffb/6987610d35ba6f1889c0479b/jfk_wedding_negatives_auctioned.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3868 og:image:height: 2176 og:image:alt: Wedding Of John F. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 16, 2014 8:36 AM UTC  John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy outside St. Mary's Church in Newport, R.I., after their wedding on Sept. 12, 1953 John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy outside St. Mary's Church in Newport, R.I., after their wedding on Sept. 12, 1953 Charles F. McCormick—Boston Globe/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Oct 16, 2014 8:36 AM UTC Thirteen [original negatives](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3d6ed90c471f4ef5988dce7dfeb4a8d3/jfk-wedding-negatives-being-auctioned-boston) of photographs taken at John F. Kennedy’s wedding were auctioned off on Wednesday for a sum of $37,073. Boston-based RR Auction said the negatives, which have probably never been published, were sold to a Las Vegas doctor who chose to remain anonymous. The images show Kennedy and his new bride, Jacqueline Bouvier, cutting their wedding cake and leaving the church, and a couple of others show the entire wedding party posing outside, the Associated Press reported. The wedding took place on Sept. 12, 1953, in Newport, R.I., and was attended by nearly 2,000 people. Kennedy was still in his first term as a U.S. Senator, and wouldn’t go on to become President until more than seven years later. According to RR Auction, the images were taken by freelance photographer Frank Ataman, although the negatives were found in another photographer’s darkroom. Other items related to the Kennedys sold on Wednesday included a holiday card signed by the couple just days before the President’s November 1963 assassination. 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