Pierre Berton Autographs
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wrote critiques of mainstream religion, anthologies, children's books and historical works for youth. He was a reporter and war correspondent, an editor at Maclean's Magazine and The Toronto Star and, for 39 years, a guest on Front Page Challenge. He was a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, and won many honours and awards.
Berton was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse, Yukon, where his father had moved for the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. His family moved to Dawson City, Yukon in 1921. His mother, Laura Beatrice Berton (maiden name Laura Beatrice Thompson), was a schoolteacher in Toronto until she was offered a job as a teacher in Dawson City at the age of 29 in 1907. She met Frank Berton in the nearby mining town of Granville shortly after settling in Dawson and teaching kindergarten. Laura Beatrice Berton's autobiography of life in the Yukon entitled I Married the Klondike was published in her later years and gave her what her son Pierre describes as "a modicum of fame, which she thoroughly enjoyed." At the time, Dawson City was a highly remote place. After visiting Dawson City in the summer of 1939 to see some old friends, it took Berton a week to go from Dawson City to Whitehorse as the only means of a transport was an old paddle-wheeler named the Casca that moved slowly down the Yukon river. Growing up in Dawson City, which had briefly during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s been one of Canada's largest cities, left Berton with an eye for the colourful. During his childhood he encountered numerous eccentric people who had gone north during the gold rush and ended up staying in Dawson City after the gold rush ended.
Berton's family moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1932. At age 12, he joined the Scout Movement. Berton later wrote that "The Scout Movement was the making of me". He credited Scouting with keeping him from becoming a juvenile delinquent. He started his journalism career in scouting and later wrote that "the first newspaper I was ever associated with was a weekly typewritten publication issued by the Seagull Patrol of St. Mary’s Troop." He remained in scouting for seven years and wrote about his experiences in an article titled "My Love Affair with the Scout Movement". Like his father, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his years as a history major at the University of British Columbia, where he also worked on the student paper The Ubyssey.
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Current items with a signature of Pierre Berton
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Traded items with a signature of Pierre Berton
The most expensive item with a signature of Pierre Berton (Pierre berton collection of 10 SIGNED books + 1 SIGNED letter (1966 to 1994)) was sold in December 2024 for $200.00 while the cheapest item (CATS I Have Known And Loved by Pierre Berton HC 2002 Signed by Author) found a new owner for $5.76 in November 2020. The month with the most items sold (5) was February 2026 with an average selling price of $41.63 for an autographed item of Pierre Berton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2024 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.16 was March 2026. In average, an autographed item from Pierre Berton is worth $30.88.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | *SIGNED* History PIERRE BERTON Quest for NW Passage ARCTIC GRAIL 1818-1909 HCDJ | $47.08 |  |
 | *SIGNED* History PIERRE BERTON Quest for NW Passage ARCTIC GRAIL 1818-1909 HCDJ | $47.08 | |
 | Autographed Pierre Berton “The Invasion Of Canada 1812-1813 Hardcover Book | $21.21 | |
| Pierre Berton "My Country The Remarkable Past" SIGNED 1976 Canada History HB | $9.99 | |
| Pierre Berton "My Country The Remarkable Past" SIGNED 1st ed. HBDJ 1976 Canada | $21.20 | |
 | Pierre Berton "Niagara ~ A history of the Falls" SIGNED HCDJ 1992 Canada | $48.00 | |
 | Pierre BERTON / JUST ADD WATER AND STIR Signed First Edition 1959 #206515 | $28.75 | |
 | Pierre BERTON / JUST ADD WATER AND STIR Signed First Edition 1959 #206515 | $28.75 | |
| Pierre Berton,Marching as to War,Canada at war 1899-1953,2001,as new,SIGNED | $11.12 | |
 | SIGNED Artic Grail by Pierre Berton Quest For Northwest Passage and North Pole | $41.63 | |
| SIGNED Artic Grail by Pierre Berton Quest For Northwest Passage and North Pole | $41.63 | |
 | SIGNED Niagra by Pierre Berton History of the Falls - Famous Canadian Author HC | $29.50 | |
| SIGNED Niagra by Pierre Berton History of the Falls - Famous Canadian Author HC | $29.50 | |
| SIGNED Niagra by Pierre Berton History of the Falls - Famous Canadian Author HC | $29.50 | |
 | The Great Depression by Pierre Berton (1990, Hardcover) SIGNED Read Description | $25.31 | |
