Billy Eckstine Autographs
William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award "for performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording". His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1951) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an "influential band leader" whose "suave bass-baritone" and "full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers such as Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock, and Lou Rawls."
Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, the son of William Eckstein, a chauffeur, and Charlotte Eckstein, a seamstress. Eckstine's paternal grandparents were William F. Eckstein and Nannie Eckstein, a mixed-race, married couple who lived in Washington, D.C.; both were born in 1863. William was born in Prussia (now Germany), and Nannie in Virginia. Billy's sister, Maxine, was a high school teacher.
Eckstine attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh. Other notables who were educated there include the artist Romare Bearden, Gene Kelly, pianist Dodo Marmarosa and Lorin Maazel. During this time, Eckstine moved to Washington, D.C., attending Armstrong High School (where his sister taught), St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, and Howard University. In 1933, aged 19, he left Howard to start a music career, after winning first place and $10 in an amateur talent contest at Washington's Howard Theatre, where he imitated Cab Calloway singing a nursery rhyme with interpolated scatting.
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Traded items with a signature of Billy Eckstine
The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Eckstine (Signed Autographed Billy Eckstine Record Album) was sold in November 2025 for $250.00 while the cheapest item (Billy Eckstine Autographed Boscov's Photograph Big Band Leader I Apologize) found a new owner for $3.75 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2020 with an average selling price of $27.00 for an autographed item of Billy Eckstine. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $159.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.75 was May 2020. In average, an autographed item from Billy Eckstine is worth $26.59.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Eckstine were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BILLY ECKSTINE HAND SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPH BY PALUSO | $90.00 |  |
| Billy Eckstine (d. 1993) Signed Autographed 8.5x11 Vintage Signature Display | $59.99 | |
| Billy Eckstine Autographed 8x10 B&W Photo Jazz Singer Bandleader JSA COA | $64.99 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE signed album page JAZZ SINGER | $56.25 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE Signed Autograph 3"x 5" ALBUM PAGE American Jazz and Pop Singer | $134.98 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE Signed Autographed 4"x 6" INDEX CARD JAZZ & POP Singer BANDLEADER | $94.98 | |
| Billy Eckstine signed autographed sp photo original jazz great rare | $157.00 | |
| BILLY ECKSTINE SIGNED CONCERT POSTER CHUCK JACKSON SIGNED MAXINE BROWN SIGNED | $159.00 | |
| Billy Eckstine Signed Contract 1986 Boca Raton Pops VG Condition | $59.99 | |
| Billy Eckstine- 1980 Vintage Signed Program from the Top of the World | $100.00 | |
 | Christopher Paluso Signed 1993 Billy Eckstine Limited Edition 16x20 Lithograph | $49.99 | |
| Signed Autographed Billy Eckstine Record Album | $250.00 | |
| Vintage BILLY ECKSTINE Autographed 5 x 7 Photograph Jazz Singer | $24.98 | |
| Vintage BILLY ECKSTINE Autographed 5 x 7 Photograph Jazz Singer | $29.98 | |
| Vintage BILLY ECKSTINE Autographed 5 x 7 Photograph Jazz Singer | $34.98 | |
