Lisa Lane Autographs
Marianne Elizabeth Lane Hickey (April 25, 1933 – February 28, 2024), also known as Lisa Lane, was an American chess player. She was the U.S. Women's Chess Champion in 1959. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the August 7, 1961 edition, making her the first chess player to appear on its cover (Bobby Fischer did so in 1972).
Born in Philadelphia, Lane never knew her father, a leather glazer. As a child, she and her sister Evelyn lived with their grandmother and various neighbors while their mother held down two jobs. In 1957, while attending Temple University, Lane struck and killed an elderly woman while driving her mother's car (she was not charged). This, and the end of a love affair, set Lane into a depression.
Lane learned to play chess in her late teens. After investing her savings in a Philadelphia bookstore, she began playing chess at a nearby coffeehouse and others in the neighborhood, "winning all the time", she said. After coaching by master Attilio Di Camillo, Lane won the women's championship of Philadelphia in 1958 and took her first U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1959 at the age of 26, just two years after she began playing the game. She held this title until 1962, losing it to Gisela Kahn Gresser. Lane had an Elo rating of 2002, a low expert rating, from the United States Chess Federation as of the end of 1961. In 1963, Lane opened her own chess club, The Queen's Pawn Chess Emporium in New York City. In 1966, she shared the U.S. Women's Chess Champion title with Gresser. She competed in the Women's World Championship Tournament twice, in 1962 (joint 12th of 17) and 1965 (12th of 18).
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Traded items with a signature of Lisa Lane
The most expensive item with a signature of Lisa Lane (1961 B&W Chess Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobbie Fischer (Will be signed by Lisa Lane)) was sold in February 2016 for $382.50 while the cheapest item (March 1960 Chess Review Magazine - Autographed by US Womens Champion Lisa Lane) found a new owner for $19.99 in September 2016. The month with the most items sold (10) was February 2016 with an average selling price of $29.99 for an autographed item of Lisa Lane. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2016 with $29.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $19.99 was September 2016. In average, an autographed item from Lisa Lane is worth $27.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lisa Lane were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobbie Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $29.99 |  |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobbie Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $29.99 | |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobbie Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $24.99 | |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobby Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $29.99 | |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobby Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $24.99 | |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobby Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $24.99 | |
| 1961 B&W Photo of Lisa Lane & Bobby Fischer playing chess (Signed by Lisa Lane) | $27.99 | |
| January 20, 1961 Chess Life Magazine Fischer Wins - Can be signed by Lisa Lane | $24.99 | |
| June, 1961 Chess Life Magazine (Duchamp) - Can be autographed by Lisa Lane | $24.99 | |
| June, 1961 Chess Life Magazine (Duchamp) - Can be autographed by Lisa Lane | $24.99 | |
| Lisa Lane signed Aug. 7, 1961 Sports Illustrated Magazine - Chess Bobby Fischer | $29.99 | |
| Lisa Lane signed Aug. 7, 1961 Sports Illustrated Magazine - Chess Bobby Fischer | $29.99 | |
| Lisa Lane signed Aug. 7, 1961 Sports Illustrated Magazine - Chess Bobby Fischer | $29.99 | |
| March 1960 Chess Review Magazine - Autographed by US Womens Champion Lisa Lane | $19.99 | |
| March 1960 Chess Review Magazine -Will be signed by US Womens Champion Lisa Lane | $29.99 | |
