Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times. More about Mel Tormé
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Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Tormé, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Tormé (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A child prodigy, he first performed professionally at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant.In total, we tracked 63 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Mel Tormé (MEL TORME’ SIGNED BASEBALL w to TJ Best Always 7-15-95 1/24 JSA COA VELVET FOG) was sold in January 2020 for $999.00 while the cheapest item (JAZZ MUSICIAN MEL TORME (1925-1999) AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2012 with an average selling price of $16.00 for an autographed item of Mel Tormé. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with $100.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2016. In average, an autographed item from Mel Tormé is worth $11.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mel Tormé were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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+ MEL TORME Autograph 8X10 PHOTO JSA COA | $29.00 | ||
+ MEL TORME Autograph 8X10 PHOTO VELVET FROG JSA COA | $39.00 | ||
1999 Mel Torme Caricature Signed Autographed Celebrity Velvet Fog Singer | $35.00 | ||
IT WASN'T ALL VELET BY MEL TORME, SIGNED-INSCRIBED-PERSONALIZED | $25.00 | ||
Mel Torme Autographed Signed Newspaper Article Velvet Fog | $49.50 | ||
Mel Torme Signed Autobiography It Wasn’t All Velvet 1988 Hardcover | $4.99 | ||
MEL TORME Signed Autograph 8 x 10 Photo - BAS not PSA The Velvet Fog - d. 1999 | $100.00 | ||
Mel Torme Signed Book - Wynner Hardcover With Inscription | $8.75 | ||
MY SINGING TEACHERS by Mel Torme HC signed autographed 1st ed 1st print | $24.99 | ||
SIGNED Book MEL TORME - An Autobiography It Wasn't All Velvet AUTOGRAPHED 1988 | $20.50 |