Simon Lake Autographs
Simon Lake (September 4, 1866 – June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy.
Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey on September 4, 1866. He studied at the Clinton Liberal Institute in Fort Plain, New York. Lake joined his father's foundry business after attending public schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Lake had a strong interest in undersea travel.
He built his first submarine, Argonaut Junior, in 1894 in response to an 1893 request from the US Navy for a submarine torpedo boat. In 1898 he followed up with the 36-foot (11 m) Argonaut 1, which he sailed from Norfolk, Virginia for one thousand miles (1,600 km) to Sandy Hook, New Jersey (which is actually 250 miles (400 km) north of Norfolk), arriving in November 1898. As a result of lessons learned on that journey, he rebuilt it into the 60-foot (18 m) Argonaut 2.
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Current items with a signature of Simon Lake
These are the most current items with a signature of Simon Lake that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.89 |  |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.89 | |
Traded items with a signature of Simon Lake
The most expensive item with a signature of Simon Lake (SIMON LAKE - CONTRACT SIGNED 5/1923 WITH CO-SIGNERS) was sold in October 2025 for $1,239.44 while the cheapest item (U. S. SUBMARINE INVENTOR SIMON LAKE 1929 SIGNED CHECK) found a new owner for $4.25 in May 2011. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $48.93 for an autographed item of Simon Lake. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $1,239.44 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.99 was May 2011. In average, an autographed item from Simon Lake is worth $42.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Simon Lake were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1925 The Lake Torpedo Boat Company Stock Certificate Signed By Simon Lake | $50.00 |  |
| 1925 The Lake Torpedo Boat Company Stock Certificate Signed By Simon Lake | $50.00 | |
 | Lake Sub=Marine Co. Signed by Simon Lake - 1900 dated Autograph Stock Certificat | $656.25 | |
 | Lake Torpedo Boat Company Stock Certificate Signed By Simon Lake 1916 | $95.00 | |
| Lake Torpedo Boat Company Stock Certificate Signed By Simon Lake 1916 | $95.00 | |
| SIMON LAKE - CONTRACT SIGNED 5/1923 WITH CO-SIGNERS | $1,239.44 | |
| SIMON LAKE - CONTRACT SIGNED 5/1923 WITH CO-SIGNERS | $1,239.44 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.89 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.89 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.90 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.90 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.91 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.91 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.92 | |
| Simon Lake Submarine Inventor Letter Signed by Grandson Jeff Lake | $48.92 | |
