Eudora Welty Autographs
Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum.
Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 13, 1909, the daughter of Christian Webb Welty (1879 – 1931) and Mary Chestina (Andrews) Welty (1883 – 1966). She grew up with younger brothers Edward Jefferson and Walter Andrews. Her mother was a schoolteacher. Her family were members of the Methodist church. Her childhood home is still standing and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 prior to being delisted in 1986 because a dormer and deck were added to the roof.
Welty soon developed a love of reading, reinforced by her mother, who believed that "any room in our house, at any time in the day, was there to read in, or to be read to." Her father, who worked as an insurance executive, was intrigued by gadgets and machines and inspired in Welty a love of mechanical things. She later used technology for symbolism in her stories and also became an avid photographer, like her father.
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Traded items with a signature of Eudora Welty
The most expensive item with a signature of Eudora Welty (Eudora WELTY / Twenty Photographs Limited Signed 1st Edition 1980) was sold in October 2025 for $23,505.00 while the cheapest item (The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty Autographed Franklin Library 1978) found a new owner for $9.99 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (7) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $75.00 for an autographed item of Eudora Welty. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2014 with $505.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $10.00 was January 2010. In average, an autographed item from Eudora Welty is worth $29.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Eudora Welty were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Eudora Welty Signed Bethel Church Program w/ WPA Photo, 1986, EXTREMELY RARE! | $150.00 |  |
| Eudora Welty Signed Bethel Church Program w/ WPA Photo, 1986, EXTREMELY RARE! | $150.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Bethel Church Program w/ WPA Photo, 1986, EXTREMELY RARE! | $150.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Letter, Declining Offer To Visit Friends, November 1963 | $65.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Letter, Declining Offer To Visit Friends, November 1963 | $65.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Letter, Declining Offer To Visit Friends, November 1963 | $65.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Program, New Stage Theatre, The Ponder Heart, 1970 RARE!! | $150.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Program, New Stage Theatre, The Ponder Heart, 1970 RARE!! | $150.00 | |
| Eudora Welty Signed Program, New Stage Theatre, The Ponder Heart, 1970 RARE!! | $150.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Eye Of The Story, First Vintage Edition Paperback 1979 | $60.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Eye Of The Story, First Vintage Edition Paperback 1979 | $60.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Eye Of The Story, First Vintage Edition Paperback 1979 | $60.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Ponder Heart, Harbrace Paperback Library, HPL 23 | $30.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Ponder Heart, Harbrace Paperback Library, HPL 23 | $30.00 | |
| Eudora Welty, Signed, The Ponder Heart, Harbrace Paperback Library, HPL 23 | $30.00 | |
