Al Jolson Autographs
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Yiddish: אַסאַ יואלסאָן; c. May 26, 1886 (O.S.) June 9, 1886 (N.S.) – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer", Jolson was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1910s and 1920s. He was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach" towards performing, along with popularizing many of the songs he sang. According to music historian Larry Stempel, "No one had heard anything quite like it before on Broadway." Stephen Banfield wrote that Jolson's style was "arguably the single most important factor in defining the modern musical." Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers".
Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), he starred in a series of successful musical films during the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946), in which Larry Parks played the younger Jolson, but with sung vocals dubbed by Jolson himself. The formula was repeated in a sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949). In 1950, he again became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days. He died weeks after returning to the U.S., partly owing to the physical exhaustion from the performance schedule. Defense Secretary George Marshall posthumously awarded him the Medal for Merit.
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Current items with a signature of Al Jolson
These are the most current items with a signature of Al Jolson that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Al Jolson PSA DNA Signed 3x5 Index Card Cut Autograph | $265.49 |  |
| Al Jolson PSA DNA Signed 3x5 Index Card Cut Autograph | $265.49 | |
| Al Jolson PSA DNA Signed 3x5 Index Card Cut Autograph | $265.49 | |
Traded items with a signature of Al Jolson
The most expensive item with a signature of Al Jolson (Al Jolson Signed Autographed Souvenir Album Decca 10" 4 Records 78 RPM 1947 JSA) was sold in July 2025 for $5,010.00 while the cheapest item (Al Jolson ? Vintage Signed Cut Autograph) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2013. The month with the most items sold (7) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $275.00 for an autographed item of Al Jolson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $562.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.75 was May 2017. In average, an autographed item from Al Jolson is worth $109.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Al Jolson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
