Louis Untermeyer Autographs
Louis Untermeyer (October 1, 1885 – December 18, 1977) was an American poet, anthologist, critic, and editor. He was appointed the fourteenth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961.
Untermeyer was born in New York City, the son of a German-Jewish jewelry manufacturer. He initially joined his father's firm as a designer, rising to the rank of vice president, before resigning from the firm in 1923 to devote himself to literary pursuits. He was, for the most part, self-educated.
He married Jean Starr in January 1907, and their son Richard was born in December of that year. (Richard Untermeyer died by suicide in January 1927 while studying at Yale, at the age of 19.) After a 1926 divorce, they were reunited in 1929, after which they adopted two sons, Laurence and Joseph. He married the poet Virginia Moore (1903–1993) in 1927; their son, John Moore Untermeyer (1928), was renamed John Fitzallen Moore after a painful 1929 divorce. In the 1930s, he divorced Jean Starr Untermeyer and married Esther Antin (1894–1983). This relationship also ended in divorce in 1945. In 1948, he married Bryna Ivens, an editor of Seventeen magazine.
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Current items with a signature of Louis Untermeyer
These are the most current items with a signature of Louis Untermeyer that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1947 Hardcover Signed Louis Untermeyer | $59.00 |  |
| Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1947 Hardcover Signed Louis Untermeyer | $59.00 | |
Traded items with a signature of Louis Untermeyer
The most expensive item with a signature of Louis Untermeyer (Louis UNTERMEYER / The Younger Choir with The Younger Quire Signed 1st ed 1910) was sold in December 2025 for $5,005.00 while the cheapest item (Louis Untermeyer signature Famous POET Blacklisted) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2008. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $255.00 for an autographed item of Louis Untermeyer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with $255.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.25 was July 2020. In average, an autographed item from Louis Untermeyer is worth $55.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Louis Untermeyer were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1970 Men And Women The Poetry Of Love Louis Untermeyer Signed By Illus. Lee HCDJ | $24.99 |  |
| 1970 Men And Women The Poetry Of Love Louis Untermeyer Signed By Illus. Lee HCDJ | $24.99 | |
 | James T FARRELL / One-page Typed Letter Signed to Louis Untermeyer 1st Edition | $455.00 | |
| James T FARRELL / One-page Typed Letter Signed to Louis Untermeyer 1st Edition | $455.00 | |
 | Long Feud Selected Poems - Louis Untermeyer - 1959 - Signed - HC/DJ | $64.99 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER / Challenge Signed 1916 | $55.00 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER / Challenge Signed 1916 | $55.00 | |
| Louis Untermeyer / Poems of Heinrich Heine Signed Limited Editions Club 1957 | $34.00 | |
| Louis Untermeyer / Poems of Heinrich Heine Signed Limited Editions Club 1957 | $34.00 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER / The Younger Choir with The Younger Quire Signed 1st ed 1910 | $5,005.00 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER / The Younger Choir with The Younger Quire Signed 1st ed 1910 | $5,005.00 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER : Long Feud: Selected Poems 1962 SIGNED & Inscribed | $29.00 | |
| Louis UNTERMEYER : Long Feud: Selected Poems 1962 SIGNED & Inscribed | $29.00 | |
 | The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer (1963) Inscribed/Signed by Louis | $86.72 | |
| The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer (1963) Inscribed/Signed by Louis | $86.72 | |
