John Garfield Autographs
John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle; March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the Group Theatre. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros.' stars. He received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Four Daughters (1938) and Body and Soul (1947).
Called to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he denied communist affiliation and refused to "name names", effectively ending his film career. Some have alleged that the stress of this persecution led to his premature death at 39 from a heart attack. Garfield is acknowledged as a predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and James Dean.
Jacob Garfinkle (Yiddish: יעקבֿ גאַרפֿינקל) was born in a small apartment on Rivington Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, to David and Hannah Garfinkle, Russian Jewish immigrants, and grew up in the heart of the Yiddish Theater District. In early infancy, a middle name—Julius—was added, and for the rest of his life those who knew him well called him Julie. His father, a clothes presser and part-time cantor, struggled to make a living and to provide even marginal comfort for his small family. When Garfield was five, his brother Max was born. Their mother never fully recovered from what was described as a "difficult" pregnancy and birth. She died two years later, and the young boys were sent to live with various relatives, all poor, scattered across the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Several of the relatives lived in tenements in a section of East Brooklyn called Brownsville, and there Garfield lived in one house and slept in another. At school, he was judged a poor reader and speller, deficits that were aggravated by irregular attendance. He would later say of his time on the streets, that he learned "all the meanness, all the toughness it's possible for kids to acquire."
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Current items with a signature of John Garfield
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | John Garfield Four Daughters Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo AMCo LOA 28329 | $309.98 |  |
| John Garfield Four Daughters Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo AMCo LOA 28329 | $309.98 | |
Traded items with a signature of John Garfield
The most expensive item with a signature of John Garfield (JOHN GARFIELD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH) was sold in January 2026 for $714.85 while the cheapest item (Noir movie star JOHN GARFIELD signed 1948 Swing Band guest book album page) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2017. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $246.99 for an autographed item of John Garfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2023 with $350.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was January 2017. In average, an autographed item from John Garfield is worth $94.95.
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