Edwin Markham Autographs
Edwin Markham (born Charles Edward Anson Markham; April 23, 1852 – March 7, 1940) was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.
Edwin Markham was born in Oregon City, Oregon, and was the youngest of 10 children; his parents divorced shortly after his birth. At the age of four, he moved with his mother to Lagoon Valley in Solano County, California. He obtained a teaching certificate in 1870 from Pacific Methodist College in Vacaville. Markham then attended San Jose Normal School (now San Jose State University) graduating in 1872, and wrote the poem "The Man with the Hoe". The house in which he wrote the poem was preserved and moved to the city's History Park, and now serves as a poetry center. He went by "Charles" until about 1895, when he was about 43, when he started using "Edwin." He also studied at Christian College in Santa Rosa, California, in 1873.
Markham taught literature in El Dorado County until 1879, when he became education superintendent of the county. While residing in El Dorado County, Markham became a member of Placerville Masonic Lodge. He also accepted a job as principal of Tompkins Observation School in Oakland, California, in 1890. While in Oakland, he became well acquainted with many other famous contemporary writers and poets, such as Joaquin Miller, Ina Coolbrith, and Charles Warren Stoddard.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Edwin Markham (Incredible Edwin Markham Signed Archive — Photographs, Books, Letters & Poems) was sold in July 2025 for $2,904.49 while the cheapest item (Poet EDWIN MARKHAM 1852-1940 AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE Boston, July 31, 1902) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2015. The month with the most items sold (7) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $64.00 for an autographed item of Edwin Markham. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $185.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.25 was August 2021. In average, an autographed item from Edwin Markham is worth $58.96.
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