Walter Winchell Autographs

Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes, and Jazz Age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler claimed that his popularity and influence "turned journalism into a form of entertainment".
He uncovered both hard news and embarrassing stories about famous people by exploiting his exceptionally wide circle of contacts, first in the entertainment world and the Prohibition era underworld, then in law enforcement and politics. He was known for trading gossip, sometimes in return for his silence. His outspoken style made him both feared and admired. Novels and movies were based on his wisecracking gossip columnist persona, as early as the play and film Blessed Event in 1932. As World War II approached in the 1930s, he attacked the appeasers of Nazism, then in the 1950s aligned with Joseph McCarthy in his campaign against communists. He damaged the reputation of Josephine Baker as well as others who had earned his enmity.
He returned to television in 1959 as the narrator of the 1930s-set crime drama series The Untouchables. Over the years he appeared in more than two dozen films and television productions as an actor, sometimes playing himself.
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Traded items with a signature of Walter Winchell

The most expensive item with a signature of Walter Winchell (DIONNE QUINTS 1936 SIGNED HANDWRITTEN 2 PG LETTER BY DR DAFOE TO WALTER WINCHELL) was sold in July 2023 for $498.50 while the cheapest item (Walter Winchell autograph) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2024. The month with the most items sold (8) was February 2011 with an average selling price of $16.99 for an autographed item of Walter Winchell. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2009 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2024. In average, an autographed item from Walter Winchell is worth $12.62.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Walter Winchell were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1945 WALTER WINCHELL ORIGINAL SIGNED CHECK	$16.00
	1945 WALTER WINCHELL ORIGINAL SIGNED CHECK	$16.00
	2009 Razor Cut Signature Edition 1/1 Walter Winchell BGS Authentic 0b2	$347.09
	2012 Leaf Cut Signature Edition 1/1 Walter Winchell Cut Signature Auto Auto uk2	$64.88
	2012 Leaf Cut Signature Edition 1/1 Walter Winchell Cut Signature Auto Auto uk2	$64.88
	Columnist Walter Winchell signed check to his wife + Majestic Theatre postcard	$67.00
	Columnist Walter Winchell signed check to his wife + Majestic Theatre postcard	$67.00
	Frances Winwar Typed Signed Letter to Walter Winchell, Author Columnist Reporter	$109.99
	Frances Winwar Typed Signed Letter to Walter Winchell, Author Columnist Reporter	$109.99
	Walter Winchell JSA Coa Signed 1967 First Day Cover Cache FDC Autograph	$49.75
	Walter Winchell JSA Coa Signed 1967 First Day Cover Cache FDC Autograph	$49.75
	Walter Winchell JSA Coa Signed 1967 First Day Cover Cache FDC Autograph	$49.75
	Walter Winchell JSA Coa Signed 1967 First Day Cover Cache FDC Autograph	$49.75
	Walter Winchell Very Rare Very Early Autographed Photo 30s Wake Up And Live	$259.99
	Walter Winchell Very Rare Very Early Autographed Photo 30s Wake Up And Live	$259.99