Richard Cushing Autographs
Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new churches, schools, and institutions. Unlike his predecessor, he was on good terms with practically the entire Boston elite, as he softened the traditional confrontation between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant upper-class. He built useful relationships with Jews, Protestants, and institutions outside the usual Catholic community. He helped presidential candidate John F. Kennedy deflect fears of papal interference in American government if a Catholic became president.
Cushing's high energy level allowed him to meet with many people all day, often giving lengthy speeches at night. He was not efficient at business affairs, and when expenses built up he counted on his fundraising skills instead of cost-cutting. Cushing, says Nasaw, was "fun-loving, informal, and outgoing. He looked rather like a tough, handsome, Irish cop and behaved more like a ward politician than a high church cleric." His major weakness in retrospect was overexpansion, adding new institutions that could not be sustained in the long run and had to be cut back by his successors.
Richard Cushing was born in City Point in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, on August 24, 1895. The third of five children, he was the son of Patrick and Mary (née Dahill) Cushing. His father came from Glanworth, County Cork, and his mother from Touraneena, County Waterford, both in Ireland. Patrick Cushing arrived in Boston in 1880. He worked as a blacksmith, earning $18 per week in the trolley repair pits of the Boston Elevated Railway, the public transit system.
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Traded items with a signature of Richard Cushing
The most expensive item with a signature of Richard Cushing (Oversized Signed Cardinal Richard Cushing Portrait by Bachrach - JFK Kennedy) was sold in May 2026 for $470.00 while the cheapest item (AMERICAN PRELATE CARDINAL RICHARD CUSHING HAND SIGNED 1969 LETTER D.1970) found a new owner for $6.27 in November 2012. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2014 with an average selling price of $10.25 for an autographed item of Richard Cushing. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with $470.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.38 was October 2019. In average, an autographed item from Richard Cushing is worth $27.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Richard Cushing were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1950's Cardinal Richard Cushing Signed Framed Photos Archbishop Auto LOA | $11.01 |  |
| Cardinal Richard Cushing - Archbishop of Boston - Autographed 1961 Letter (TLS) | $11.75 | |
| Cardinal Richard Cushing - Letter Signed - Sent to Wife of Robert F. Kennedy | $200.00 | |
| Cardinal Richard Cushing - letter signed as Archibishop of Boston (1960) | $24.00 | |
| Cardinal Richard Cushing letter signed as Archbishop of Boston 1965 | $10.50 | |
 | Oversized Signed Cardinal Richard Cushing Portrait by Bachrach - JFK Kennedy | $470.00 | |
| RARE Signed - HISTORICAL Photo of Cardinal Richard Cushing With Personal Message | $299.99 | |
| Richard Cushing - Archbishop of Boston - Authentic Autographed Card - 1959 | $13.50 | |
| Richard Cushing - Archbishop of Boston - Authentic Autographed Postal Cover | $9.38 | |
| Richard Cushing -Archbishop Boston/Roman Catholic Cardinal/Signed Bachrach Photo | $125.00 | |
| RICHARD CUSHING 1895-1970 cardinal signed convolute from 1969 autograph | $49.00 | |
| RICHARD CUSHING †1970 cardinal autograph signed convolute from 1969 | $49.00 | |
| Roman Catholic Cardinal Richard Cushing Archbishop of Boston LG Signed Photo | $60.00 | |
| Roman Catholic Cardinal Richard Cushing Archbishop of Boston Signed Autograph TL | $49.99 | |
| USA Catholic Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston SIGNED LETTER 1960 Olympics | $25.00 | |
