Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. More about Upton Sinclair
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In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muck-raking novel, The Jungle, which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muck-raking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence". He is also well remembered for the quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." He used this line in speeches and the book about his campaign for governor as a way to explain why the editors and publishers of the major newspapers in California would not treat seriously his proposals for old age pensions and other progressive reforms. Many of his novels can be read as historical works. Writing during the Progressive Era, Sinclair describes the world of the industrialized United States from both the working man's and the industrialist's points of view. Novels such as King Coal (1917), The Coal War (published posthumously), Oil! (1927), and The Flivver King (1937) describe the working conditions of the coal, oil, and auto industries at the time.The most expensive item with a signature of Upton Sinclair (1940's Large Scrapbook with Autographed Letters Robert Frost and Upton Sinclair) was sold in January 2013 for $927.61 while the cheapest item (THE JUNGLE (BARNES & NOBLE SIGNATURE EDITIONS) By Upton Sinclair - Hardcover) found a new owner for $10.95 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2013 with an average selling price of $80.00 for an autographed item of Upton Sinclair. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2022 with $275.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.00 was June 2017. In average, an autographed item from Upton Sinclair is worth $64.99.
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Upton Sinclair - Author: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - Authentic Autograph | $76.56 | ||
Upton Sinclair cut signature writer, muckraker, political activist | $20.50 | ||
Upton Sinclair Jsa Coa Hand Signed 3x5 Index Card Authenticated Autograph | $129.00 | ||
UPTON SINCLAIR Pulitzer Prize Author (1878-1968) Signed Autographed Letter 1929 | $65.00 | ||
UPTON SINCLAIR Pulitzer Prize Author Signed Autographed 4x4 Card | $150.00 | ||
Upton Sinclair Signed Autographed First Day Issue Envelope | $33.38 | ||
Upton Sinclair Signed Index Card, American Writer & Pulitzer Prize | $92.00 | ||
UPTON SINCLAIR Signed Letter 1931 / HISTORIC SERGEI EISENSTEIN Autographed | $275.00 | ||
Upton Sinclair Signed Page 1929 w/ Envelope / Autographed Writer The Jungle | $64.99 | ||
upton sinclair signed Personal Letter | $50.00 |