Mark Twain Autograph

Current items with a signature of Mark Twain

These are the most current items with a signature of Mark Twain that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Ira Fistell's Mark Twain Three Encounters Hardcover Book 2012 Very Fine Signed	$55.00
	Joseph Hopkins Twichell:The Life & Times of Mark Twain's Closest Friend 'SIGNED'	$39.79

Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into French. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Although initially an ardent American imperialist who spoke out strongly in favor of American interests in the Hawaiian Islands, he later became vice president of the American Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 until his death in 1910, coming out strongly against the Philippine-American War.

Twain earned a great deal of money from his writing and lectures, but invested in ventures that lost most of it, such as the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but in time overcame his financial troubles with the help of Standard Oil executive Henry Huttleston Rogers. He eventually paid all his creditors in full, even though his declaration of bankruptcy meant he was not required to do so. Read even more about Mark Twain at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Mark Twain

In total, we tracked 58 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Mark Twain (2021 Topps Transcendent 1/1 Cut Autograph Mark Twain Author Auto Signature) was sold in February 2022 for $9999.99 while the cheapest item (Mark Twain : A Life by Ron Powers (2005, Hardcover) Signed copy first edition) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2021. The month with the most items sold (5) was February 2021 with an average selling price of $29.99 for an autographed item of Mark Twain. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2017 with $3000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.00 was July 2019. In average, an autographed item from Mark Twain is worth $23.74.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Mark Twain were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	2011 ~ Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain ~ Hal Holbrook ~SIGNED 1st ED HC/DJ	$49.99
	A Mark Twain Christmas by Carlo De Vito (2013, HC VG+ 1ST 'FLAT SIGNED'	$34.79
	MARK TWAIN AND HIS ILLUSTRATORS VOLUME 1 HC Beverly David 2001 Signed	$12.00
	Mark Twain Fields Of War Play Transcript By Lawrence Scanlon-Signed	$13.99
	Mark Twain In Williamsport T R McIntosh 1985 Signed By Author	$49.99
	Mark Twain's Rubaiyat - intro by Alan Gribben,Signed K.B MacDonnell,1983 1st ed.	$20.00
	Michael Shelden SIGNED 1st/1st Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure o..	$18.00
	SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (1835-1910) signed handwritten 1903 letter Mark Twain PSA/DNA	$1999.99
	SAMUEL L. MARK TWAIN CLEMENS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/19/1900	$2400.00
	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1933 Signed Limited Club Edition	$300.00