John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. After 11 years in the post, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI in June 1935, where he remained as director for an additional 37 years until his death in May 1972 – serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI and under eight Presidents. More about J. Edgar Hoover
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Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List.In total, we tracked 205 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of J. Edgar Hoover (J EDGAR HOOVER SIGNED LETTER FBI 1939 INTERESTING CONTENT ABOUT MOVIE SCRIPT) was sold in November 2016 for $875.00 while the cheapest item (J. Edgar Hoover Auto Autographed Handwritting 2018 Super Break The Bar Signed) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2022. The month with the most items sold (11) was November 2017 with an average selling price of $54.00 for an autographed item of J. Edgar Hoover. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2016 with $485.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2021. In average, an autographed item from J. Edgar Hoover is worth $56.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of J. Edgar Hoover were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1940 J EDGAR HOOVER AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE LETTER WWII ESPIONAGE SPY COPOBIANCO FBI | $79.00 | ||
1943 FBI Director J Edgar Hoover Autographed Signed Letter USA Dept of Justice | $40.00 | ||
Choose One Signed Letter Political Samuel Merrill J Edgar Hoover Elbert Gary | $75.00 | ||
J EDGAR HOOVER 1959 SIGNED TYPED LETTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FBI | $51.00 | ||
J EDGAR HOOVER AUTOGRAPH + GOVERNMENT/ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROUP of 7 SIGNED | $31.00 | ||
J Edgar Hoover FBI 1950s Framed Original Signed Autograph Photograph Portrait | $125.00 | ||
J. Edgar Hoover Autographed Check PSA Certified | $100.00 | ||
J. Edgar Hoover Signed Letter 1941 / Autographed FBI Letterhead | $49.99 | ||
J. Edgar Hoover Signed Letter 1959 / Autographed FBI Letterhead | $58.99 | ||
Lot Autograph Auto J. Edgar Hoover Ronald Reagan (2) Barbara Bush | $100.00 |
J. Edgar Hoover: Racism and Power (02/13/17): J. Edgar Hoover was never elected to any office, yet, for decades, he wielded as much power as any person in the United States. And for most of his life, he wielded that power against blacks both prominent and common.