Jay Gould Autograph
Jason Gould (/ɡuːld/; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late nineteenth century. Gould was an unpopular figure during his life and remains controversial. More about Jay Gould
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Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). His maternal grandfather Alexander T. More was a businessman, and his great-grandfather John More was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of Moresville, New York. Gould studied at the Hobart Academy in Hobart, New York, paying his way by bookkeeping. As a young boy, he decided that he wanted nothing to do with farming, his father's occupation, so his father dropped him off at a nearby school with fifty cents and a sack of clothes.
Gould's school principal was credited with getting him a job as a bookkeeper for a blacksmith. A year later, the blacksmith offered him half interest in the blacksmith shop, which he sold to his father during the early part of 1854. Gould devoted himself to private study, emphasizing surveying and mathematics. In 1854, he surveyed and created maps of the Ulster County, New York, area. In 1856, he published History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, which he had spent several years writing. While engaged in surveying he started a side activity financing operators making woodash for tannin used in tanning leather. Read even more about Jay Gould at Wikipedia
Gould's school principal was credited with getting him a job as a bookkeeper for a blacksmith. A year later, the blacksmith offered him half interest in the blacksmith shop, which he sold to his father during the early part of 1854. Gould devoted himself to private study, emphasizing surveying and mathematics. In 1854, he surveyed and created maps of the Ulster County, New York, area. In 1856, he published History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, which he had spent several years writing. While engaged in surveying he started a side activity financing operators making woodash for tannin used in tanning leather. Read even more about Jay Gould at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Jay Gould
The most expensive item with a signature of Jay Gould (Troy, Salem and Rutland Rail Road Company signed by Jay Gould) was sold in December 2023 for $790.00 while the cheapest item (Jay Gould’s “Hello World” PB 1966, signed by author) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2023. The month with the most items sold (3) was July 2020 with an average selling price of $19.99 for an autographed item of Jay Gould. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2022 with $395.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $11.95 was August 2019. In average, an autographed item from Jay Gould is worth $35.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jay Gould were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | (Signed) In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall and Stephen Jay Gould 1983 | $45.00 | |
| Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould (Signed) HC First 1st Like New 1991 | $125.00 | |
| BULLY FOR BRONTOSAURUS, Stephen Jay Gould, signed 1st ed. (mint leather 1991 HB) | $52.00 | |
| Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould 1977 1st HC signed by Stephen J. Gould | $115.00 | |
| Full House - (Signed' First Edition) MINT by Stephen Jay Gould - Evolution | $37.99 | |
| Full House - Signed by Stephen Jay Gould - Evolution | $35.00 | |
| Full House - Signed by Stephen Jay Gould - Evolution | $18.00 | |
| FULL HOUSE Signed Stephen Jay Gould American Biologist Paleontologist | $50.00 | |
| JAY GOULD SIGNED BY ROBBER BARON & AMERICAN RAILROAD DEVELOPER/SPECULATOR | $395.00 | |
| Questioning the Millennium by Stephen Jay Gould SIGNED 1st ed/2nd ptg hardcover | $19.99 | |
| SIGNED Stephen Jay Gould / FULL HOUSE Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin | $28.00 | |
| Stephen Jay Gould, Full House, *Signed* 1st/1st F/F Science, Nature | $35.00 | |
| Stephen Jay Gould- Signed Index Card | $10.00 | |
| The MisMeasure of a Man by Stephen Jay Gould 1981 1st HC inscribed & signed | $110.00 | |
| V. RARE SIGNED! JAY GOULD HARMON WITH MAINE FOLKS - 1905 1ST ED - HC new price | $15.95 | |