Barry Humphries Autographs
John Barry Humphries AC CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. \nHumphries's characters brought him international renown. He appeared in numerous stage productions, films and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, the Dame Edna Everage character developed into a satire of stardom – a gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally fêted "housewife gigastar".
Humphries's other satirical characters included the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who "continued to bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it"; gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone; iconoclastic 1960s' underground film-maker Martin Agrippa; Paddington socialist academic Neil Singleton; sleazy trade-union official Lance Boyle; high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor; failed tycoon Owen Steele; and archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie.
Humphries was born on 17 February 1934 in the suburb of Kew in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of Eric Humphries (né John Albert Eric Humphries) (1905–1972), a construction manager, and his wife Louisa Agnes (née Brown) (1907–1984). His grandfather John George Humphries was an emigrant to Australia from Manchester, England, in the late 1800s. His father was well-to-do, and Barry grew up in a "clean, tasteful, and modern suburban home" on Christowel Street, Camberwell, then one of Melbourne's new "garden suburbs". His early home life set the pattern for his eventual stage career; his father in particular spent little time with him, and Humphries spent hours playing at dressing-up in the back garden.
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Traded items with a signature of Barry Humphries
The most expensive item with a signature of Barry Humphries (Hobbit Sword BARRY HUMPHRIES Signed WITH Movie Quote HOLY GRAIL piece!) was sold in March 2025 for $2,500.00 while the cheapest item (My Gorgeous Life by Barry Humphries / Dame Edna (Paperback, 1989) SIGNED) found a new owner for $7.45 in June 2021. The month with the most items sold (6) was April 2023 with an average selling price of $75.14 for an autographed item of Barry Humphries. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with $162.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $7.45 was June 2021. In average, an autographed item from Barry Humphries is worth $35.97.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Barry Humphries were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BARRY HUMPHRIES Dame Edna My Gorgeous Life SIGNED 1st Ed. H/B 1989 VGC | $150.02 |  |
| Barry Humphries My Life as Me Signed (No CoA) (B1) S#546 | $26.36 | |
| BARRY HUMPHRIES Signed Copy More Please biography 1st Ed. HBDJ 1992 VGC | $35.74 | |
| BARRY HUMPHRIES Signed Copy My Life As Me biography 1st Ed. HBDJ 2002 VGC | $106.65 | |
| BARRY HUMPHRIES Signed Copy Women in the Background 1st Ed. HBDJ 1995 VGC | $34.36 | |
| Barry Humphries- More Please - Signed Copy | $23.77 | |
 | Dame Edna Signed Glorious Goodbye Tour Performance Magazine - Barry Humphries | $162.50 | |
| Dame Edna Signed Glorious Goodbye Tour Performance Magazine - Barry Humphries | $162.50 | |
| Dame Edna Signed Glorious Goodbye Tour Performance Magazine - Barry Humphries | $162.50 | |
| Handling Edna The Unauthorised Biography by Barry Humphries - Signed 1st Ed | $40.76 | |
| My Life As me: A Memoir by Barry Humphries SIGNED and Inscribed Hardcover w/ DJ | $34.95 | |
| SIGNED BARRY HUMPHRIES DAME EDNA 8x10 JSA COA | $129.95 | |
| SIGNED BARRY HUMPHRIES DAME EDNA PLAYBILL | $69.95 | |
| SIGNED BARRY HUMPHRIES DAME EDNA PLAYBILL | $99.95 | |
| The Real Barry Humphries by Peter Coleman Paperback Autographed | $12.00 | |
