Harold Sakata Autograph
Toshiyuki Sakata (坂田 敏行, Sakata Toshiyuki, July 1, 1920 – July 29, 1982), better known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting, and later became a popular professional wrestler under the ring name Tosh Togo, wrestling primarily for various National Wrestling Alliance territories as a tag team with Great Togo. He also wrestled in Japan for the Japanese Wrestling Association between 1955 and 1957. On the basis of his wrestling work, he was cast in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964) as the villain Oddjob, a role he would be closely associated with for the rest of his life. More about Harold Sakata
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Toshiyuki Sakata was born on July 1, 1920, in Holualoa, Hawaii, to Japanese-American parents who worked at a Kona coffee farm. His father Risaburo was issei (first-generation), and his mother Matsue was nisei. He had ten siblings, six brothers and four sisters. He adopted the more Western name "Harold" as a teenager.
In 1936, Sakata dropped out of school to help work the family's coffee farm. The following year, he started paid employment at a sugar plantation located about 75 miles away from his home, after which he went to the island of Lanai to work on a pineapple plantation. He then moved to Maui to do more agricultural work, and in 1938 he ended up in Honolulu, where he would live for much of his adult life. Read even more about Harold Sakata at Wikipedia
In 1936, Sakata dropped out of school to help work the family's coffee farm. The following year, he started paid employment at a sugar plantation located about 75 miles away from his home, after which he went to the island of Lanai to work on a pineapple plantation. He then moved to Maui to do more agricultural work, and in 1938 he ended up in Honolulu, where he would live for much of his adult life. Read even more about Harold Sakata at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Harold Sakata
The most expensive item with a signature of Harold Sakata (Harold Sakata Signed Autographed Card Coa Psa) was sold in March 2021 for $948.00 while the cheapest item (007(+) HAROLD SAKATA ODDJOB RARITY AUTHENTIC SIGNED AUTOGRAPH GOLDFINGER BOND) found a new owner for $14.86 in February 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was August 2023 with an average selling price of $152.00 for an autographed item of Harold Sakata. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2021 with $948.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $14.86 was February 2018. In average, an autographed item from Harold Sakata is worth $152.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Harold Sakata were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | HAROLD SAKATA (+) 007 JAMES BOND AUTOGRAPH AS ODDJOB IN GOLDFINGER AFTAL | $256.58 | |
| Harold Sakata Autographed Signed Paper card COA. | $130.00 | |
| HAROLD SAKATA HAND SIGNED PAPER CARD! AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH! COA | $155.00 | |
| HAROLD SAKATA ODDJOB GOLDFINGER 007 JAMES BOND AUTOGRAPHED AIRLINE BOARDING PASS | $225.00 | |
| Harold Sakata Oddjob Goldfinger Villain 007 James Bond Autographed Card w/ Photo | $266.00 | |
| HAROLD SAKATA ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH 007 JAMES BOND AS ODDJOB IN GOLDFINGER | $850.00 | |
| Harold Sakata Signed Autographed Card Coa Psa | $948.00 | |
| HAROLD SAKATA signed cut with sketch JAMES BOND Goldfinger ODDJOB b'bc COA | $337.00 | |
| Original Signed Auto Cut Harold Sakata Died 1982 Oddjob in James Bond | $56.55 | |
| Paper card signed by Harold Sakata. Goldfinger 1964 James Bond 007 Very Rare COA | $140.00 | |
| Paper card signed by Harold Sakata. James Bond Goldfinger Very Rare COA | $210.00 | |
| Paper card signed by Harold Sakata. Very Rare | $144.00 | |
| Paper card signed by Harold Sakata. Very Rare | $160.00 | |
| Paper signed by Harold Sakata. James Bond Very Rare COA | $255.00 | |
| SCARCE - HAROLD SAKATA / ODD JOB - JAMES BOND - GOLDFINGER - AUTOGRAPHED | $370.00 | |