Thorne Smith Autographs
James Thorne Smith Jr. (March 27, 1892 – June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, frequent drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s.
Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of a Navy commodore. He attended Locust Dale Academy, a boarding school, in Virginia (now closed), St. Luke's preparatory school in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and two years at Dartmouth College. He left in June 1912.
In his 2012 biography, A Man Named Smith: The Novels and Screen Legacy of Thorne Smith, Anthony Slide writes, "Thorne Smith left no papers, anyone writing about the author must, of necessity, rely on one primary source, and that is the 1951 dissertation by Joseph Leo Blotner titled Thorne Smith: A Study in Popular Fiction." However, we also have the short 32-page biography, Thorne Smith: His Life and Times, written by the actor Roland Young, a close friend of Smith since 1930 who played the character Topper in several movie adaptations of Smith's work.
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Current items with a signature of Thorne Smith
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Traded items with a signature of Thorne Smith
The most expensive item with a signature of Thorne Smith (Thorne Smith / RAIN IN THE DOORWAY Signed 1st Edition 1933) was sold in June 2026 for $1,150.00 while the cheapest item (OUTSIDE IN by Courtney Thorne-Smith 2007 SIGNED FIRST EDITION hardcover NOVEL) found a new owner for $1.99 in August 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2025 with an average selling price of $51.98 for an autographed item of Thorne Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2026 with $1,121.25 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was August 2022. In average, an autographed item from Thorne Smith is worth $29.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Thorne Smith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45360 | $51.98 |  |
| Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45360 | $51.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45360 | $51.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45362 | $51.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45362 | $51.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne Smith Melrose Place Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS #BQ45362 | $51.98 | |
 | Courtney Thorne-Smith Lucas Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS Slabbed | $75.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne-Smith Lucas Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS Slabbed | $75.98 | |
| Courtney Thorne-Smith Lucas Authentic Signed 3x5 Index Card BAS Slabbed | $75.98 | |
 | Thorne Smith / RAIN IN THE DOORWAY Signed 1st Edition 1933 | $1,150.00 | |
| Thorne Smith / RAIN IN THE DOORWAY Signed 1st Edition 1933 | $1,150.00 | |
| Thorne Smith / RAIN IN THE DOORWAY Signed 1st Edition 1933 | $1,150.00 | |
 | Thorne Smith / THE BISHOP'S JAEGERS Signed 1st Edition 1932 | $1,092.50 | |
| Thorne Smith / THE BISHOP'S JAEGERS Signed 1st Edition 1932 | $1,092.50 | |
| Thorne Smith / THE BISHOP'S JAEGERS Signed 1st Edition 1932 | $1,092.50 | |
