George Ade Autographs
George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.
Ade's fables in slang gained him wealth and fame as an American humorist, as well as earning him the nickname of the "Aesop of Indiana". His notable early books include Artie (1896); Pink Marsh (1897); Fables in Slang (1900), the first in a series of books; and In Babel (1903), a collection of his short stories. His first stage work produced for the Broadway stage was the operetta The Sultan of Sulu, for which he wrote the libretto in 1901. The Sho-Gun and his best-known plays, The County Chairman and The College Widow, were simultaneously appearing on Broadway in 1904. Ade also wrote scripts and had some of his fables and plays adapted into motion pictures.
During the first quarter of the 20th century, Ade, along with Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana.
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Traded items with a signature of George Ade
The most expensive item with a signature of George Ade (George Ade / Old-Time Saloon Not Wet Not Dry Just History Inscribed Signed 1st) was sold in December 2025 for $439.95 while the cheapest item (2021 Historic Autograph's Famous Americans Card #156 George Ade) found a new owner for $1.99 in April 2026. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2015 with an average selling price of $75.00 for an autographed item of George Ade. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.60 was August 2012. In average, an autographed item from George Ade is worth $22.72.
Most recently, these items with a signature of George Ade were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | GEORGE ADE - SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FROM COLLECTOR'S ALBUM PAGE | $12.00 |  |
| GEORGE ADE - SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FROM COLLECTOR'S ALBUM PAGE | $12.00 | |
| George Ade - Syndicated Newspaper Columnist & Playwright - Autographed Photo | $11.49 | |
| George Ade - Syndicated Newspaper Columnist & Playwright - Autographed Photo | $11.49 | |
| George Ade American Writer Original Signed Autograph Cut Signature Dated 1921 | $68.99 | |
| George Ade American Writer Original Signed Autograph Cut Signature Dated 1921 | $68.99 | |
| George Ade American Writer Original Signed Autograph Sheet Dated 1921 | $68.99 | |
| George Ade American Writer Original Signed Autograph Sheet Dated 1921 | $68.99 | |
| George Ade Signed Autograph 1924 w/ Purdue Univ & Portrait Indiana Author | $200.00 | |
| George Ade Signed Autograph 1924 w/ Purdue Univ & Portrait Indiana Author | $200.00 | |
| George Ade Signed PSA DNA Autograph Auto Writer Author Cut | $114.50 | |
| George Ade Signed PSA DNA Autograph Auto Writer Author Cut | $114.50 | |
| George Ade Signed PSA DNA Autograph Auto Writer Author Cut | $114.50 | |
| George Ade Signed PSA DNA Autograph Auto Writer Author Cut | $114.50 | |
| George Ade-Vintage Signed Card in 1931 (Stories of the Streets and of the Town | $8.00 | |
