Sam Phillips Autographs
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips played a major role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, launching the career of Presley. In 1969, he sold Sun to Shelby Singleton.
Phillips was the owner and operator of radio stations in Memphis; Florence, Alabama; and Lake Worth Beach, Florida. He was also an early investor in the Holiday Inn chain of hotels and an advocate for racial equality, helping to break down racial barriers in the music industry.
Phillips was the youngest of eight children, born on a 200-acre farm near Florence, Alabama to Madge Ella (née Lovelace) and Charles Tucker Phillips. Sam's parents owned their farm, though it was mortgaged. As a child, he picked cotton in the fields with his parents alongside black laborers. The experience of hearing black laborers singing in the fields left a big impression on the young Phillips. Traveling through Memphis with his family in 1939 on the way to see a preacher in Dallas, he slipped off to look at Beale Street, at the time the heart of the city's music scene. "I just fell totally in love," he later recalled.
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Traded items with a signature of Sam Phillips
The most expensive item with a signature of Sam Phillips (Sam Phillips signed photo Elvis Presley Sun Records in person autograph Rare) was sold in January 2019 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (SAM PHILLIPS - PROMO Poster Flat - 1994 -Martinis & Bikinis- Autograph -Signed) found a new owner for $5.00 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2019 with an average selling price of $119.99 for an autographed item of Sam Phillips. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2019 with $150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was December 2023. In average, an autographed item from Sam Phillips is worth $63.77.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sam Phillips were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1963 Sam Phillips Recording Receipt Signed By Scott Moore Elvis’s Guitar Player | $149.95 |  |
 | AUTOGRAPHED- SAM PHILLIPS "The Indescribable Wow" VINYL LP promo stamp USA NM | $125.00 | |
| Elvis Book - Sam Phillips / Sun Records Memphis / Peter Guralnick Autograph | $25.00 | |
| ROCK~POP MUSICIAN SAM PHILLIPS AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD + 1992 ENCOUNTER PHOTO~ | $59.88 | |
| Sam Phillips - (Leslie Ann Philip) Hand Signed Autographed Promotional Photo | $9.99 | |
| SAM PHILLIPS - PROMO Poster Flat - 1994 -Martinis & Bikinis- Autograph -Signed | $5.00 | |
| SAM PHILLIPS cd insert AUTOGRAPHED | $15.99 | |
| SAM PHILLIPS FOUNDER OF SUN RECORDS SIGNED 1978 MEMPHIS MAGAZINE | $104.49 | |
| Sam Phillips Signed Photo | $100.99 | |
| Sam Phillips Sun Records Original Carbon Invoice with Signature w/ COA 1961 | $75.00 | |
| Sam Phillips-Signed-The Indescribable Wow 8x10 B&W Promo Photo+Card-Canada-1989 | $30.00 | |
| Scotty Moore Signed Receipt Sam Phillips Recording Studio Autograph | $47.01 | |
| Signed Scottie Moore Autograph Sam Phillips Recording Studios receipt | $52.99 | |
| Signed Sealed Delivered 3 | 1994 CD | Adrian Belew, Sam Phillips, Liane Fol... | $23.68 | |
| World On Sticks Sam Phillips CD Autographed | $19.37 | |
