Lloyd Bucher Autographs
Lloyd Mark "Pete" Bucher (/ˈbuːkər/ BOO-kər; 1 September 1927 – 28 January 2004) was a United States Navy officer best known as the captain of USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korea on January 23, 1968.
Bucher was born in Pocatello, Idaho, where he was given up for adoption by his birth mother, and was orphaned at an early age (his adoptive mother dying of cancer when he was three). He was raised by his father, grandparents, various other family members, and his father again, then drifted through a series of Catholic orphanages in Idaho until he read a magazine article about Father Flanagan's Boys Home in Boys Town, Nebraska. He wrote to Flanagan and was surprised when he received a reply. Bucher was accepted at Boys Town in the summer of 1941, and for the rest of his life considered it to be his home. He flourished at Boys Town, making honor roll the majority of his time there and playing football, basketball, track, and baseball.
Like many young men during World War II, he dropped out of his senior year to enlist in the military, serving the last year of the war and for two years afterward (1945–1947) in the Navy. As an enlisted man, Bucher reached the rank of quartermaster second class and obtained a high-school diploma. He then worked in construction and as a bartender before entering the University of Nebraska on a football scholarship in 1949. While attending the university, he signed up for Naval ROTC. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1953 and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
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Traded items with a signature of Lloyd Bucher
The most expensive item with a signature of Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo - Commander Lloyd Bucher Signed Letter 1969 autograph framed) was sold in September 2025 for $170.00 while the cheapest item (CDR LLOYD BUCHER: Captain of Captured USS Pueblo: Autograph ( Navy )) found a new owner for $3.58 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2009 with an average selling price of $14.49 for an autographed item of Lloyd Bucher. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $170.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $6.05 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from Lloyd Bucher is worth $34.33.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lloyd Bucher were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Commander LLOYD BUCHER (U.S.S. Pueblo) signed (inscribed) 8 x 10 photo d.2004 | $24.95 |  |
| Commander LLOYD BUCHER USS Pueblo Autograph Photo 8x10 Signed MILITARY | $31.99 | |
| Lloyd Bucher "USS Pueblo" Incident 1968 SIGNED "POW First Day Cover 1970 | $46.00 | |
| Lloyd Bucher "USS Pueblo" Incident 1968 SIGNED "POW First Day Cover 1970 | $70.00 | |
| LLOYD BUCHER - SIGNED 8X10 B&W PHOTO - USS PUEBLO | $29.99 | |
| LLOYD BUCHER - SIGNED 8X10 Document USS PUEBLO & POW Memorial Coin. | $59.99 | |
| Lloyd Bucher Signed Autographed 3x5 Card JSA Certified USS Pueblo Navy Naval | $69.99 | |
 | Lloyd Bucher SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 3x5 Card USS Pueblo captain, D. 2004 | $25.99 | |
| Lloyd Bucher signed card BAS Authenticated Navy USS Pueblo Seized By Korea | $69.95 | |
| Lloyd Bucher signed cover Beckett Authenticated USS Pueblo Incident | $69.95 | |
| Lloyd Bucher Signed Letter | $100.00 | |
| Lloyd Bucher Signed postal cover US Navy Officer Commander USS Pueblo | $29.95 | |
| Lloyd Bucher US Navy Pueblo Korea NATO Skipper Spy Ship Hand Signed FDC | $13.00 | |
| U.S.S. Pueblo AGER-2: Signed Photo w/Covering Letter, Lloyd Bucher, Incident | $80.00 | |
| USS Pueblo - Commander Lloyd Bucher Signed Letter 1969 autograph framed | $170.00 | |
