Jay Gould Autographs
Jason Gould (/ɡuːld/; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial.
Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). His maternal grandfather, Alexander T. More, was a businessman, and his great-grandfather, John More, was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of Moresville, New York. Gould, however, grew up in poverty and had to work at his family's small dairy farm. Gould studied at the Hobart Academy in Hobart, New York, paying his way by bookkeeping. As a young boy, he decided that he wanted nothing to do with farming, his father's occupation, so his father dropped him off at a nearby school with fifty cents and a sack of clothes.
Gould's school principal was credited with getting him a job as a bookkeeper for a blacksmith. A year later, the blacksmith offered Gould a half-interest in the blacksmith shop, which he sold to his father during the early part of 1854. Gould devoted himself to private study, emphasizing surveying and mathematics. In 1854, he surveyed and created maps of the Ulster County, New York, area. In 1856, he published History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, which he had spent several years writing. While engaged in surveying, he started a side activity financing operators making wood ash, which is used with tannin in leather making.
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Current items with a signature of Jay Gould
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Traded items with a signature of Jay Gould
The most expensive item with a signature of Jay Gould (Stephen Jay Gould / Full House The Spread of Excellence from Plato Signed Proof) was sold in July 2025 for $2,250.00 while the cheapest item (Jay Gould’s “Hello World” PB 1966, signed by author) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (16) was September 2025 with an average selling price of $18.41 for an autographed item of Jay Gould. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2026 with $533.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2023. In average, an autographed item from Jay Gould is worth $35.00.
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Review: “American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune,” by (08/27/2022): For better or worse, Jay Gould revolutionized the world of finance in the 19th century. In “American Rascal,” Greg Steinmetz tells his story. 
