Lucretia Garfield Autographs
Lucretia Garfield (née Rudolph; April 19, 1832 – March 13, 1918) was the first lady of the United States from March to September 1881, as the wife of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States.
Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, Garfield first met her husband at Geauga Seminary. After a long courtship, they married in 1858. Their early years were difficult, as James was often away and became romantically involved with other women. They would eventually have seven children together, five of whom lived to adulthood. Highly educated and knowledgeable of Washington politics, Garfield was a regular adviser for her husband, and she assisted him in his front porch campaign for the presidency. She was well regarded during her brief period in the White House, but after only a few months contracted malaria and went to Long Branch, New Jersey, to recuperate.
On July 2, 1881, Garfield's husband was shot; he died from infections related to the wounds two months later, during which time his wife stayed at his bedside and received much public sympathy. Garfield returned to her former residence in Ohio after being widowed, and she spent much of the rest of her life preserving her husband's papers and other materials, establishing what was effectively the first presidential library, before her death in 1918.
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Traded items with a signature of Lucretia Garfield
The most expensive item with a signature of Lucretia Garfield (Lucretia Garfield Signed Letter President James Picture Envelope 1890 Letterhead) was sold in April 2022 for $1,120.00 while the cheapest item (Lucretia Garfield, wife of the President signed autograph) found a new owner for $42.00 in December 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2016 with an average selling price of $117.50 for an autographed item of Lucretia Garfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2022 with $1,120.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $42.00 was December 2019. In average, an autographed item from Lucretia Garfield is worth $106.24.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lucretia Garfield were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1906 LUCRETIA GARFIELD PRESIDENT'S WIFE SIGNED FREE FRANK BLACK BORDER ENVELOPE | $75.00 |  |
| First Lady LUCRETIA GARFIELD (1832-1918) autograph cut | dated 1886 James' wife | $99.99 | |
| FIRST LADY LUCRETIA GARFIELD SIGNATURE AUTOGRAPH AUTO PSA/DNA AUTHENTIC | $99.99 | |
| FORMER FIRST LADY LUCRETIA GARFIELD SIGNED CUT | $49.99 | |
| Lucretia Garfield 1st Lady Cut Autographed Card PSA/DNA Authentic | $85.00 | |
| Lucretia Garfield Autograph Signature First Lady 1896 On Letter To Anna Shourds | $199.99 | |
| Lucretia Garfield CUT AUTHENTIC SIGNED AUTOGRAGHED PSADNA AUTO #83471226 | $199.99 | |
| Lucretia Garfield James First Lady Signed Hand Written Letter | $149.99 | |
| LUCRETIA GARFIELD SIGNED 1882 LETTER JSA #Y36833,WITH ORIGINAL STAMPED ENVELOPE | $475.00 | |
| Lucretia Garfield signed autograph letter, 3pages. w/free-franked mourning cover | $69.00 | |
| LUCRETIA GARFIELD SIGNED FREE FRANK ENVELOPE PSA/DNA AUTO FIRST LADY PRESIDENT | $185.00 | |
| Lucretia Garfield Signed Letter President James Picture Envelope 1890 Letterhead | $1,120.00 | |
| Lucretia Garfield, US First Lady, signed Free Frank Mourning Cover | $195.00 | |
| Lucretia Garfield, wife of the President signed autograph | $42.00 | |
| PRESIDENT JAMES LUCRETIA GARFIELD SIGNED BOOK INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE CLARK 1907 | $249.99 | |
