Edward Gorey Autograph
Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. More about Edward Gorey
Affiliate disclosure: When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Gorey was born in Chicago. His parents, Helen Dunham (née Garvey) and Edward Leo Gorey, divorced in 1936 when he was 11. His father remarried in 1952 when he was 27. His stepmother was Corinna Mura (1910–1965), a cabaret singer who had a small role in Casablanca as the woman playing the guitar while singing "La Marseillaise" at Rick's Café Américain. His father was briefly a journalist. Gorey's maternal great-grandmother, Helen St. John Garvey, was a nineteenth-century greeting card illustrator, from whom he claimed to have inherited his talents.
From 1934 to 1937, Gorey attended public school in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois, where his classmates included Charlton Heston, Warren MacKenzie, and Joan Mitchell. Some of his earliest preserved work appears in the Stolp School yearbook for 1937. Afterward, he attended the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. He spent 1944 to 1946 in the Army at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. He then attended Harvard University, beginning in 1946 and graduating in the class of 1950; he studied French and roomed with poet Frank O'Hara. Starting in 1951, Gorey illustrated poetry books by Merrill Moore for Twayne Publishers including Case Record from a Sonnetorium (many illustrations by Gorey, 1951), and More Clinical Sonnets (1953). Read even more about Edward Gorey at Wikipedia
From 1934 to 1937, Gorey attended public school in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois, where his classmates included Charlton Heston, Warren MacKenzie, and Joan Mitchell. Some of his earliest preserved work appears in the Stolp School yearbook for 1937. Afterward, he attended the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. He spent 1944 to 1946 in the Army at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. He then attended Harvard University, beginning in 1946 and graduating in the class of 1950; he studied French and roomed with poet Frank O'Hara. Starting in 1951, Gorey illustrated poetry books by Merrill Moore for Twayne Publishers including Case Record from a Sonnetorium (many illustrations by Gorey, 1951), and More Clinical Sonnets (1953). Read even more about Edward Gorey at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Edward Gorey
In total, we tracked 69 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Edward Gorey (EDWARD GOREY & SAMUEL BECKETT Gotham Book Mart, SIGNED by both! All Strange Away) was sold in March 2020 for $1100.00 while the cheapest item (Ascending Peculiarity : Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey Signed by Karen Wilkin) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2022. The month with the most items sold (7) was March 2020 with an average selling price of $195.00 for an autographed item of Edward Gorey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2019 with $700.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was January 2020. In average, an autographed item from Edward Gorey is worth $99.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Edward Gorey were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Illegitimate Sonnets by Merrill Moore SIGNED BY MOORE ILLUS. BY EDWARD GOREY | $38.99 | |
| Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats T. S. Eliot Signed by EDWARD GOREY Hardcover | $99.99 | |
| Signed MARY RODGERS 1st ed 1974 HC w/DJ Billion for Boris autograph Edward Gorey | $19.99 | |
| THE BETRAYED CONFIDENCE SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY | $82.00 | |
| The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey First 1957 SIGNED HC/DJ - Very Good Conditio | $130.00 | |
| THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY 1st Edition 1969 | $57.76 | |
| The Fatal Lozenge Edward Gorey (Signed by Ivan Obolensky 1st Edition/Print 1960) | $69.00 | |
| THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY HC DJ 1st Beaufort Edition | $97.00 | |
| THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES or, After Outing SIGNED by Edward Gorey 1997 Hardcover | $150.00 | |
| THE HAPLESS CHILD SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY HC DJ 1st Printing 1980 | $51.00 | |
| The Headless Bust by Edward Gorey (Signed, First Edition, Hardcover in Jacket) | $95.00 | |
| The Loathsome Couple, Edward Gorey (Signed, First Edition, Hardcover in Jacket) | $100.00 | |
| THE UTTER ZOO ALPHABET SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY Illustrated Humor HC | $56.68 | |
| THE WATER FLOWERS SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY HC DJ 1st Edition 1982 | $46.00 | |
| The World of Edward Gorey (Signed, Limited First Edition, Hardcover in Slipcase) | $250.00 | |