Edgar Bergen Autograph

Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, actor, comedian, vaudevillian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. He was the father of actress Candice Bergen. More about Edgar Bergen

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Current items with a signature of Edgar Bergen

These are the most current items with a signature of Edgar Bergen that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	B-EDGAR BERGEN SIGNED personal check dated 1966 w/coa	$100.00
	EDGAR BERGEN & ARTIE SHAW Dual AUTOGRAPHED Hand SIGNED ALBUM PAGE 1940's	$64.99
	Edgar BERGEN / Signed Postal Cover	$120.00
	Vintage 7x5 Printe Signature Autograph Edgar Bergen & Charles McCarthy 17@129	$11.00

Bergen was born in Chicago, one of five children and the younger of two sons of Swedish immigrants Nilla Svensdotter (née Osberg) and Johan Henriksson Berggren. He lived on a farm near Decatur, Michigan until he was four, when his family returned to Sweden, where he learned the language. After his family had returned to Chicago, when he was eleven, he taught himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet called "The Wizard's Manual". He attended Lake View High School. After his father died, when Edgar was 16, he went out to work as an apprentice accountant, a furnace stoker, a player-piano operator, and a projectionist in a silent-movie house.

Edgar so impressed the famous ventriloquist Harry Lester that he gave the teenager almost daily lessons for three months in the fundamentals of ventriloquism. In the fall of 1919, Edgar paid Chicago woodcarver Theodore Mack $36 to sculpt a likeness of a rascally red-headed Irish newspaper boy he knew. The head went on a dummy named Charlie McCarthy, which became Bergen's lifelong sidekick. He had created the body himself, using a nine-inch length of broomstick for the backbone, and rubber bands and cords to control the lower jaw mechanism of the mouth. Read even more about Edgar Bergen at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Edgar Bergen

The most expensive item with a signature of Edgar Bergen (Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Signed 8''x 10'' Photo) was sold in January 2010 for $275.00 while the cheapest item (Edgar Bergen signed autograph book page) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2020 with an average selling price of $19.95 for an autographed item of Edgar Bergen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2021 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.57 was October 2021. In average, an autographed item from Edgar Bergen is worth $24.85.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Edgar Bergen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	2022 Leaf Pop Century Edgar Bergen Mystery Cut Signature Auto #M-EB3 S926	$69.88
	2022 Leaf Pop Century Mystery Cut Signature Edgar Bergen Autograph M-EB3	$34.66
	December 22 1933 Edgar Bergen Signed Check	$9.75
	EDGAR BERGEN (1903-1978) signed album page \| Actor & Comedian - autograph	$19.99
	EDGAR BERGEN (1903-1978) signed album page \| Actor & Comedian - autograph	$24.99
	EDGAR BERGEN Autograph Signed 8x10 Photo Posed with Charlie Died-1978 JSA	$34.88
	EDGAR BERGEN Autograph Signed 9x12 Photo Posed with Charlie Died-1978 JSA	$41.00
	Edgar Bergen signed autographed album page! AMCo! 13251	$39.00
	EDGAR BERGEN signed vintage 1936 8x10 photo \| Ventriloquist & Actor - autograph	$39.99
	VINTAGE 8 X 10 B & W AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO - EDGAR BERGEN & MORTIMER SNERD - MINT	$14.99