Boo-Hooray is dedicated to the organization, stabilization, and preservation of 20th and 21st century cultural movements. We place artists’ and organizations’ archives with universities and museums; publish books and catalogs; sell rare books, photography, and ephemera; and stage exhibitions.
We are located at 160 Broadway, Suite 1110, New York NY 10038. We sell online, at book fairs, and by appointment. To schedule an appointment, email info [at] boo-hooray [dot] com.
JOHAN KUGELBERG
Johan Kugelberg founded Boo-Hooray in 2010 to formalize the archival work he had started years earlier as a collector and enthusiast. He has created comprehensive collections in the fields of punk, hip hop, and counter-culture, focusing on printed works, ephemera, photography, and book arts. He teaches and hosts symposiums at Yale University, Cornell University, and Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. He has lectured at the University of Wisconsin, the Grolier Club, New York Public Library, Century Club New York, Union League Club New York, University Club New York, the Hayward Gallery in London, and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Johan has served on the board of the grassroots non-profits 8-Ball Community and Printed Matter, respectively.
Most archives that Boo-Hooray work on result in exhibition staged by Boo-Hooray. In addition to his work at Boo-Hooray, Johan has curated major exhibitions for the Hayward Gallery in London, Galleri Operatingplace in Stockholm, Colette Paris, Hysteric Glamour and United Arrows in Tokyo, New York Public Library, White Columns and Milk Gallery in New York. Johan has also served as a curator and consultant in pop culture fields for auction houses, including Christie’s (where he curated the Punk/Rock sale in 2008, the first major auction sale devoted to Punk), Sothebys and Phillips De Pury.
Johan has also been writing, editing, and publishing books since 2005. As author and editor, Johan’s books include Born In the Bronx (Rizzoli), The Velvet Underground: New York Art(Rizzoli), Jack Smith – Wait For Me At The Bottom of The Pool (Boo-Hooray),In All Our Decadence People Die (Boo-Hooray), Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992 (Sinecure), Beauty Is In The Street: A Visual Record Of The May ’68 Paris Uprising (Four Corners), Brad Pitt’s Dog (Zero Books). Johan was awarded the ForeWord Silver Medal for Music in 2010 for The Velvet Underground – New York Art. He was nominated for the NYPL Books for the Teen Age award in 2008 for Born In The Bronx and for the London Design Museum’s 2012 Designs of the Year Awards for Beauty Is In The Street.
Johan’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Rolling Stone, BBC News, Vice, Pitchfork, Esquire UK, NPR, the Huffington Post, Arts & Antiques, The Guardian, Libération, Mojo, Details, Print, HUGE, Free & Easy, and Austin Chronicle.
Conditions for the Boo-Hooray Birthday Auction
November 6-13, 2025
All participation in the auction is bound by the conditions outlined below.
Authenticity Guarantee: We provide an authenticity guarantee to the buyer that the information regarding authorship, period, or origin as written in the catalogue description is correct. By placing a bid on this item, you agree to accept the authenticity guarantee. If you wish to have an opinion rendered by an authenticator of your choosing, you must do so prior to placing your bid. Boo-Hooray is not responsible for different opinions submitted 30 days after the date of the sale. We reserve the right to reject a claim under the authenticity guarantee if (1) the description was in accordance with the opinions of scholars and experts, which are generally accepted and known or privately expressed to Boo-Hooray, as at the date of sale, or the description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; (2) the only method of establishing that the description was incorrect at the date of the sale would have been by means or processes not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical to use, or likely to have caused damage or loss of value to the lot, at the time of publication of the catalog.
Condition reports: The condition of each lot is as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of a lot please email info@boo-hooray.com. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.
Bidding and Buying:
- All starting bids are selling bids, except for the lots within Costumes from the Collection of Joey Arias. Those lots are subject to reserves. The reserve is a confidential minimum hammer price at which the lot can be sold, which is set at a percentage of the low estimate and cannot exceed the low estimate of the lot. The lot page will confirm when the reserve has been met.
- The hammer price is the amount of the final bid. All lots are subject to a 5% Buyer’s Premium, added on to the hammer price by Basta (the auction platform). The sum of the hammer price and the Buyer’s Premium is the Purchase Price. The total Purchase Price is payable by the winning bidder.
- Salesroom notices: In the event of an amendment to the catalog description pertaining to the physical state, condition, or provenance of a lot after a lot has received bids, a staff member of Boo-Hooray will email you to let you know of the change. Bidders will be offered the chance to withdraw their bids in such cases.
Shipping and Collection: Domestic shipping for all unframed items is free. If the winning bidder of a framed item would prefer to have it unframed & shipped for free, we will happily do so. International shipping will be billed at cost. Shipping will begin the week following the auction; while we expect you to receive your items earlier, please allow 2-3 weeks for shipping, as the auction aligns with the beginning of holiday season shipping. After the auction, Boo-Hooray staff will reach out to winning bidders regarding shipping.