Tavis Smiley Autographs
Tavis Smiley (/ˈtævɪs/; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and, starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley) on Black Entertainment Television (BET). After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew his contract that year. Smiley then began hosting The Tavis Smiley Show on National Public Radio (NPR) (2002–04) and hosted Tavis Smiley on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on weekdays and The Tavis Smiley Show on Public Radio International (PRI) from 2004 until 2017.
Smiley had an employment dispute with PBS in December 2017 which resulted in his suing PBS for wrongful termination. Smiley is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles. Since June 2021 he has served as Chief Visionary Officer for his radio station, KBLA Talk 1580.
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Current items with a signature of Tavis Smiley
These are the most current items with a signature of Tavis Smiley that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Tavis Smiley Signed Autograph “What I Know For Sure” Book! Talk Show Host/Author | $4.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Tavis Smiley
The most expensive item with a signature of Tavis Smiley (SIGNED KRS-ONE: Ruminations - hardcover Includes CD Tavis Smiley) was sold in June 2025 for $349.99 while the cheapest item (Tavis Smiley Hand Signed Page Talk Show Host/Author/Commentator) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2025 with an average selling price of $89.99 for an autographed item of Tavis Smiley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $349.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tavis Smiley is worth $12.11.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Tavis Smiley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Accountable by Tavis Smiley SIGNED hardcover | $89.99 |  |
| Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise by Tavis Smiley *Signed Copy* | $20.00 | |
| Death of a King Tavis Smiley Hardcover SIGNED 2014 First Edition | $39.97 | |
| Doing What's Right - Tavis Smiley - Hard Cover 2000 FE SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED NO DJ | $7.00 | |
| FAIL UP: 20 LESSONS ON BUILDING SUCCESS FROM FAILURE Tavis Smiley Signed Copy | $10.39 | |
| Keeping the Faith by Tavis Smiley signed 1st. Ed HC/+ Hard Left signed hardback | $18.95 | |
| SIGNED KRS-ONE: Ruminations - hardcover Includes CD Tavis Smiley | $259.99 | |
| SIGNED KRS-ONE: Ruminations - hardcover Includes CD Tavis Smiley | $349.99 | |
 | SIGNED---TAVIS SMILEY-What I Know For Sure- 2006 First Edition---Hardcover | $16.90 | |
 | TAVIS SMILEY AUTOGRAPHED "DOING WHAT'S RIGHT" 2000 BET TONIGHT RADIO SHOW HOST | $11.57 | |
| Tavis Smiley Signed Autograph “What I Know For Sure” Book! Talk Show Host/Author | $12.00 | |
| Tavis Smiley Signed Autograph “What I Know For Sure” Book! Talk Show Host/Author | $12.00 | |
| Tavis Smiley Signed Autograph “What I Know For Sure” Book! Talk Show Host/Author | $12.00 | |
 | Tavis Smiley SIGNED Doing What's Right BET TV Host 2000 Hardcover COA | $20.38 | |
| The Best Of Tavis Smiley Book signed by the author | $8.00 | |
