Bayard Taylor Autographs

Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 – December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. As a poet, he was very popular, with a crowd of more than 4,000 attending a poetry reading once, which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia.
Taylor was born on January 11, 1825, in Kennett Square in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth son, the first to survive to maturity, of the Quaker couple Joseph and Rebecca (née Way) Taylor. His mother was of half Swiss origin His father was a wealthy farmer. Bayard's youngest brother was Charles Frederick Taylor, a Union Army colonel killed in action at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Bayard received his early instruction in an academy at West Chester, Pennsylvania, and later at nearby Unionville. At the age of seventeen, he was apprenticed to a printer in West Chester. The influential critic and editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold encouraged him to write poetry. The volume that resulted, Ximena, or the Battle of the Sierra Morena, and other Poems, was published in 1844 and dedicated to Griswold.
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Traded items with a signature of Bayard Taylor

The most expensive item with a signature of Bayard Taylor (A Bayard Taylor poem, manuscript for the printer, signed, Shakespeare inspired) was sold in July 2025 for $950.00 while the cheapest item (BAYARD TAYLOR Signature: Poet, Journalist Travel Writer) found a new owner for $0.01 in January 2011. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2014 with an average selling price of $50.00 for an autographed item of Bayard Taylor. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2010 with $107.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.25 was June 2017. In average, an autographed item from Bayard Taylor is worth $29.98.

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

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	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH	$71.00
	Bayard Taylor - American Poet - Authentic Autographed Letter (ALS)	$49.00
	Bayard Taylor Autograph Cut Signature Cornell University 1875 Poet Author	$23.49
	BAYARD TAYLOR SIGNED AUTOGRAPH (1825-1878) AMERICAN POET WITH QUOTE	$17.16
	Bayard Taylor Signed Card - American poet, literary critic, author, and diplomat	$70.00
	BAYARD TAYLOR signed cut AUTHOR	$49.98
	Bayard Taylor was an American poet, literary critic, Hand Signed Vtg Cut	$2.25
	Bayard Taylor/Travel Author Critic Poet/Commodore Perry Expedition/Signed	$9.99