Kirk Hammett Autographs
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed the thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett, along with bandmate James Hetfield, was ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
Hammett was born on November 18, 1962, in San Francisco, California, and raised in the town of El Sobrante. He is the son of Teofila "Chefela" (born Oyao) and Dennis L. Hammett (a Merchant Mariner). His mother is of Filipino descent and his father was of English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, although he has referred to him as a "a full-blooded Irishman who liked to drink and liked to scrap. He was always fighting people, even fighting his friends. He would get together with my uncles and it was just one big fucking toxic soup of masculinity, and that’s what I came out of."
He attended De Anza High School in Richmond, California. While attending De Anza High School, he met Les Claypool of Primus, and they remain close friends.
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Current items with a signature of Kirk Hammett
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Traded items with a signature of Kirk Hammett
The most expensive item with a signature of Kirk Hammett (Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett Flying V Aged Signed 2012 Model) was sold in October 2025 for $20,041.00 while the cheapest item (Metallica // Kirk Hammett Signature Guitar Pick ~ Green ~ DUNLOP JAZZ III) found a new owner for $1.00 in February 2022. The month with the most items sold (79) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $475.00 for an autographed item of Kirk Hammett. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2024 with $504.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.11 was August 2021. In average, an autographed item from Kirk Hammett is worth $99.49.
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