George Eastman Autographs
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time. Working as the treasurer and later president of Kodak, he oversaw the expansion of the company and the film industry.
Eastman was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester and Eastman Dental Hospital at University College London, and making large contributions to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the construction of several buildings at the second campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the Charles River, and Tuskegee University and Hampton University, two historically black universities in the South. With interests in improving health, he provided funds for clinics in London and other European cities to serve low-income residents.
In his final two years, Eastman was in intense pain caused by a disorder affecting his spine. On March 14, 1932, he shot himself in the heart, leaving a note which read, "To my friends: my work is done. Why wait?"
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Traded items with a signature of George Eastman
The most expensive item with a signature of George Eastman (GEORGE EASTMAN - Typed Letter Signed 12/22/1930 Thank you for lingerie!) was sold in February 2026 for $5,000.00 while the cheapest item (George Eastman Biography Author Elizabeth Brayer George Fisher CEO Kodak SIGNED) found a new owner for $2.99 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (4) was January 2026 with an average selling price of $914.85 for an autographed item of George Eastman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $2,957.42 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $37.00 was October 2013. In average, an autographed item from George Eastman is worth $399.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of George Eastman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | "Kodak Founder" George Eastman autograph letter signed #A47 | $1,388.00 |  |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED | $1,622.42 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/26/1929 | $1,622.42 | |
 | GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/02/1931 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/05/1929 | $3,163.19 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/12/1915 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/02/1913 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/14/1912 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/27/1912 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/03/1931 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/13/1912 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/15/1930 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/22/1925 | $914.85 | |
| GEORGE EASTMAN - Typed Letter Signed 12/22/1930 Thank you for lingerie! | $5,000.00 | |
 | Vintage George Eastman signed photo 1911 The Kodak King RARE & FREE Shipping! | $399.99 | |
