Washington Irving Autograph

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s. More about Washington Irving

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Current items with a signature of Washington Irving

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thumbnailNew-York and Harlem Rail-Road Co. Issued to Washington Irving Jr. - Autographed $50.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving Autograph Letter - Authentic!$795.00logo
Irving was born and raised in Manhattan to a merchant family. He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. He temporarily moved to England for the family business in 1815, where he achieved fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. which was serialized from 1819 to 1820. He continued to publish regularly throughout his life, and he completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death at age 76 in Tarrytown, New York.

Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe. He was also admired by some British writers, including Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, Francis Jeffrey, and Walter Scott. He advocated for writing as a legitimate profession and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement. Read even more about Washington Irving at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Washington Irving

The most expensive item with a signature of Washington Irving (WASHINGTON IRVING - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/09/1850) was sold in January 2015 for $3999.00 while the cheapest item (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Will Moses, SIGNED, 1995) found a new owner for $8.00 in September 2024. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2014 with an average selling price of $239.00 for an autographed item of Washington Irving. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2015 with $3999.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $12.86 was January 2009. In average, an autographed item from Washington Irving is worth $199.99.

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thumbnail1811 NY LAWYER JOHN TREAT IRVING BROTHER OF WASHINGTON IRVING SIGNED DOCUMENT$46.00logo
thumbnailWASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859) autograph cut | Sleepy Hollow - PSA/DNA cert!$399.99logo
thumbnailWashington Irving (1783-1859) Clipped Autograph - Rare$244.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving (1783-1859) Signed Autograph Inscribed, Author Sleepy Hollow$550.00logo
thumbnailWASHINGTON IRVING * PSA/DNA * Autograph Inscription Signed * SLEEPY HOLLOW$550.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving Autograph Letter - Long Letter with Fine Content - Authentic!$1295.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving Autograph Letter - original! Written in London and dated 1831$499.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving Nov. 10th 1839 Authentic Signed 5x7 Cut Signature BAS Slabbed$199.99logo
thumbnailWASHINGTON IRVING SIGNED AUTOGRAPH. LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. RIP VAN WINKLE.$245.00logo
thumbnailWashington Irving Signed PSA DNA Autograph Auto Sleepy Hollow Author Rare Cut$845.00logo