James Tully Beatty (born October 28, 1934, in New York, New York) is a former American track and field athlete and North Carolina politician. He is best remembered as the first person to break the four-minute mile barrier on an indoor track, when he ran 3:58.9 on February 10, 1962, at the Los Angeles Invitational in the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. More about Jim Beatty
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Beatty moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, with his family when he was four years old. He grew up in the Dilworth neighborhood, delivering for the Charlotte Observer with his trusted dog "Trigger" for five years. Then focused on boxing, young Beatty would run his paper route to help him train. While at Central High School, the last meet of his junior year Beatty convinced his coach to let him run the mile event. His speed was discovered in that race, as he went on to win. In the course of a month, he went from never running in a race before, to winning a state championship in the mile.In total, we tracked 30 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Beatty (Jim Beatty Track Signed AL Gene Budig Baseball JSA) was sold in March 2023 for $75.00 while the cheapest item (JIM BEATTY SIGNED 4X6 CARD! TRACK & FIELD LEGEND! RAN 1ST SUB 4 MIN INDOOR MILE) found a new owner for $0.69 in June 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2012 with an average selling price of $15.99 for an autographed item of Jim Beatty. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2013 with $29.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.79 was April 2017. In average, an autographed item from Jim Beatty is worth $6.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jim Beatty were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Jim Beatty Signed Autographed 6 x 4 Photograph Track and Field Athlete I 03 | $9.99 | ||
JIM BEATTY SIGNED INDEX CARD TRACK & FIELD LEGEND! RAN 1ST SUB 4 MIN MILE INDOOR | $0.79 | ||
JIM BEATTY SIGNED Q&A TRACK & FIELD LEGEND! RAN 1ST EVER SUB 4 MIN MILE INDOOR! | $0.79 | ||
JIM BEATTY SIGNED Q&A TRACK & FIELD! RAN 1ST SUB 4 MIN INDOOR MILE! OLYMPICS ALS | $4.75 | ||
Jim Beatty Track & Field HOF 1500 Metres Runner Signed Autograph | $11.99 | ||
Jim Beatty Track & Field HOF 1500 Metres Runner Signed The Autograph Card | $9.99 | ||
Jim Beatty U.S. Track & Field Hall of Fame 1st 2 Break 4m Mile Signed Card 12495 | $3.15 | ||
Jim Beatty U.S. Track & Field Hall of Fame 1st 2 Break 4m Mile Signed Card 16868 | $3.75 | ||
Jim Beatty U.S. Track & Field Hall of Fame 1st 2 Break 4m Mile Signed Card C5734 | $5.19 | ||
SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD BY JIM BEATTY OLYMPIC TRACK 1ST SUB 4 MIN INDOOR MILE EVER | $0.74 |