--- description: The photos, depicting the newlyweds and the wedding party, were reportedly taken by photographer Frank Ataman title: JFK Wedding Negatives Sold image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cadb6276a82ffb/6987610d35ba6f1889c0479b/jfk_wedding_negatives_auctioned.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 13 of JFK's Wedding Negatives Have Been Auctioned for $37,000 by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 8:36 AM CUT  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, 1953Charles F. McCormick—Boston Globe/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 8:36 AM CUT Thirteen [original negatives](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3d6ed90c471f4ef5988dce7dfeb4a8d3/jfk-wedding-negatives-being-auctioned-boston "undefined") 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. It fetched $19,500. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3d6ed90c471f4ef5988dce7dfeb4a8d3/jfk-wedding-negatives-being-auctioned-boston "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/"},"headline":"13 of JFK's Wedding Negatives Have Been Auctioned for $37,000","datePublished":"2014-10-16T08:36:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:49:18.206Z","description":"The images, depicting the newlyweds and the wedding party, were reportedly taken by photographer Frank Ataman","url":"https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/","keywords":["White House","JFK","Assassination","Photos","Auction","wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cadb6276a82ffb/6987610d35ba6f1889c0479b/jfk_wedding_negatives_auctioned.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cadb6276a82ffb/6987610d35ba6f1889c0479b/jfk_wedding_negatives_auctioned.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wedding Of John F. Kennedy And Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy","caption":"Wedding Of John F. Kennedy And Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy","creditText":"Charles F. McCormick—Boston Globe/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3511935/jfk-wedding-negatives-kennedy-auction/","name":"13 of JFK's Wedding Negatives Have Been Auctioned for $37,000"}}]}] ```