Jim Corbett Autographs
Edward James Corbett CIE VD (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of Kumaon. In his later years, he became an outspoken advocate of the nascent conservation movement.
Born in Naini Tal, Corbett explored and hunted in the jungles of India in childhood. He shot his first man-eater in 1907 and continued to hunt and kill such animals over the next four decades. Animals such as the Champawat Tiger, the Leopard of Rudraprayag, and the Panar Leopard had taken hundreds of victims in the divisions of Kumaon and Garwhal, before their deaths at Corbett's hands. Man-Eaters of Kumaon, which detailed several such hunts, became an international bestseller; it was followed by several other books and was adapted into a 1948 Hollywood film. Corbett increasingly disdained what he saw as the rapacious extermination of India's forests and wildlife, and fervently promoted wildlife photography as an alternative to trophy hunting. He played a major role in the creation of India's first wildlife reserve in 1934; it was renamed Jim Corbett National Park after his death. The Indochinese tiger subspecies received the scientific name Panthera tigris corbetti in his honour.
For many years, Corbett earned a living working for the railway companies, and for twenty-two years supervised the transport of goods across the Ganges at Mokameh Ghat. During the First World War, he recruited a labour corps and commanded them on the Western Front; he also supervised the logistics of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. Returning to his home town during the interwar period, he became a prominent local landowner and businessman who also organised hunts for the elite of British India, including the then-Governor-General Lord Linlithgow, who became a close friend. Corbett served as an instructor in jungle survival for troops of the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. Dismayed by the febrile atmosphere surrounding Indian independence, he emigrated to Kenya in 1947, and died in Nyeri eight years later.
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Traded items with a signature of Jim Corbett
The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Corbett (JAMES J. "GENTLEMAN JIM" CORBETT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED) was sold in December 2026 for $1,422.42 while the cheapest item (Behind Jim Corbett's Stories, volumes 1 and 2, first volume signed) found a new owner for $15.00 in August 2025. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2013 with an average selling price of $925.00 for an autographed item of Jim Corbett. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $1,222.42 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.05 was May 2019. In average, an autographed item from Jim Corbett is worth $289.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jim Corbett were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1924 JAMES GENTLEMAN JIM CORBETT BOXING HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SIGNED 8X10 JSA | $750.00 |  |
| 1930 SIGNED handwritten letter from boxer Jim Corbett, on his letterhead | $255.00 | |
| 1931 Superb Jim Corbett Autographed Apeda Photo | $500.00 | |
 | 2020 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE "GENTLEMAN" JAMES JIM CORBETT CUT SIGNATURE AUTO #ED 1/1 | $1,014.99 | |
| Boxer James Gentleman Jim Corbett autographed and dated 1929 framed photo | $75.00 | |
| Boxer Jimmy McLarnin Autographed Vintage Boxing Photograph (With Jim Corbett) | $49.95 | |
| Boxing Book. Gentleman Jim Corbett. by Patrick Myler. Autographed By The Author | $16.05 | |
| Gentleman Jim Corbett autographed cabinet type card- Low Buy it Now!!! | $46.55 | |
| James J .Gentleman Jim Corbett Signed Letter Dated May 1903! JSA Certification | $975.00 | |
| James J .Gentleman Jim Corbett Signed Letter. Excellent Condition. JSA LOA!!!! | $39.41 | |
| James J .Gentleman Jim Corbett Signed Photograph. Mint Auto JSA CERTIFICATION | $875.00 | |
| JAMES J. "GENTLEMAN JIM" CORBETT - ADVERTISEMENT SIGNED | $986.10 | |
| JAMES J. "GENTLEMAN JIM" CORBETT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | $1,222.42 | |
 | Jim Corbett autographed letter signed February 21, 1929 | $975.00 | |
| Jim Corbett signed cut framed with photo | $289.00 | |
