Clyde Beatty Autographs
Clyde Raymond Beatty (June 10, 1903 – July 19, 1965) was an American animal trainer, zoo owner, and circus mogul. He joined Howe's Great London Circus in 1921 as a cage boy and spent the next four decades rising to fame as one of the most famous circus performers and animal trainers in the world. Through his career, the circus impresario owned several circuses, including his own Clyde Beatty Circus from 1945 to 1956.
Clyde Beatty was born on June 10, 1903, in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, the eldest of nine children. He graduated from nearby Chillicothe High School, but had already succumbed to the world of the circus.
On August 16, 1921, at dawn, he and Howard Smith clambered into a boxcar on the DT&I Railroad, bound for Washington Court House, Ohio, and joined Howe's Great London and Van Amburgh's Wild Animal Circus. His first boss was the legendary wild animal trainer Louis Roth. Next, he came under the tutelage of John "Chubby" Guilfoyle. By 1923 Beatty was working small mixed groups of big cats in the first of 42 uninterrupted seasons in the circus.
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Current items with a signature of Clyde Beatty
These are the most current items with a signature of Clyde Beatty that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | The Big Cage by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony 1933 HC First Edition SIGNED | $145.00 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Clyde Beatty
The most expensive item with a signature of Clyde Beatty (CLYDE BEATTY - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH) was sold in August 2025 for $1,222.42 while the cheapest item (LEGENDARY LION TAMER CLYDE BEATTY SIGNED PAGE & GREAT PRINT D.1965) found a new owner for $3.26 in August 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was August 2025 with an average selling price of $42.98 for an autographed item of Clyde Beatty. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $485.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.26 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Clyde Beatty is worth $49.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Clyde Beatty were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1942 Clyde Beatty Autograph & Photo from The Big Cage | $150.00 |  |
| CLYDE BEATTY - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH | $714.85 | |
| Clyde Beatty Autographed 3x5 Photo | $84.75 | |
| Earl Wilson Autographed Handwritten Letter 1969 Columnist; Clyde Beatty Mention | $11.69 | |
| Facing The Big Cats, Clyde Beatty. Doubleday 1965. Signed First Edition. | $80.99 | |
| RARE! Hand SIGNED Clyde Beatty 8x10 OLD Photo - Lion Trainer, Circus Mogul, etc | $485.00 | |
| Signed: Jungle Performers by Clyde Beatty - 1941 First Edition Ex-Library | $29.95 | |
| The Big Cage by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony 1933 HC First Edition SIGNED | $145.00 | |
| The Big Cage by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony 1933 HC First Edition SIGNED | $145.00 | |
| The Big Cage by Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony 1933 HC First Edition SIGNED | $145.00 | |
| Vintage Clyde Beatty Auto Autograph Inscribed Photo 8" x 10" | $99.95 | |
| Vintage Clyde Beatty Auto Autograph Inscribed Photo 8" x 10" | $99.95 | |
| Vintage Clyde Beatty Autographed Photograph Circus Famous Lion Tamer Trainer | $30.00 | |
| Vtg Clyde Beatty 50s Hand-Signed Photo Tiger Lion Tamer Circus Big Top Performer | $42.98 | |
| Vtg Clyde Beatty 50s Hand-Signed Photo Tiger Lion Tamer Circus Big Top Performer | $40.98 | |
