Ira Gershwin Autographs
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love", and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera Porgy and Bess.
The success the Gershwin brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued after George's early death in 1937. Ira wrote additional hit songs with composers Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book Lyrics on Several Occasions, an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is widely considered an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song.
Gershwin was born at 60 Eldridge Street in Chinatown, Manhattan, the oldest of four children of Morris (Moishe) and Rose Gershovitz (née Rosa Bruskin), who were Russian Jews from Saint Petersburg and had immigrated to the United States in 1891. Ira's siblings were George (Jacob, b. 1898), Arthur (b. 1900), and Frances (b. 1906). Morris changed the family name to "Gershwine" (or alternatively "Gershvin") well before their children rose to fame; it was not spelled "Gershwin" until later.
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Traded items with a signature of Ira Gershwin
The most expensive item with a signature of Ira Gershwin (Studs Lonigan ~ SIGNED by JAMES T. FARREL to IRA GERSHWIN ~ First Edition 1935) was sold in April 2025 for $3,500.00 while the cheapest item (FASCINATING RHYTHM Collaborations of George & Ira Gershwin hc 1990 SIGNED vg) found a new owner for $7.49 in September 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2009 with an average selling price of $200.50 for an autographed item of Ira Gershwin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $814.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was January 2013. In average, an autographed item from Ira Gershwin is worth $91.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ira Gershwin were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Christiane Noll - The Ira Gershwin Album (2001) Disc is Signed | $20.49 |  |
| Christiane Noll - The Ira Gershwin Album (2001) Disc is Signed | $20.49 | |
| IRA GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/19/1951 | $814.85 | |
| IRA GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/19/1951 | $814.85 | |
| IRA GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/07/1966 | $512.85 | |
| IRA GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/07/1966 | $512.85 | |
| Ira Gershwin contract and signature -- in French | $82.00 | |
| Ira Gershwin contract and signature -- in French | $82.00 | |
| Ira Gershwin Signed Autograph Letter ALS Lyricist Rhapsody In Blue Content RACC | $299.99 | |
| Ira Gershwin Signed Autograph Letter ALS Lyricist Rhapsody In Blue Content RACC | $299.99 | |
| Ira Gershwin signed sheet music | $75.00 | |
 | IRA GERSHWIN | SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH / 1974 | $200.00 | |
| IRA GERSHWIN | SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH / 1974 | $200.00 | |
| Sheet Music Signed By Ira Gershwin | $500.00 | |
| Sheet Music Signed By Ira Gershwin | $500.00 | |
