Syngman Rhee Autographs
Syngman Rhee (Korean: 이승만; Hanja: 李承晚; pronounced ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965), also known by his art name Unam (우남; 雩南), was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. His administration was characterised by authoritarianism, limited economic development, and in the late 1950s growing political instability and public opposition to his rule. Rhee previously was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 until his impeachment in 1925 and again as the last president from 1947 to 1948.
Born in Hwanghae Province during the Joseon period, Rhee attended an American Methodist school, where he converted to Christianity. He became a Korean independence activist and was imprisoned for his activities in 1899. After his release in 1904, he moved to the United States, where he received degrees from American universities and met Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. After a brief 1910–12 return to Korea, he moved to Hawaii in 1913. In 1919, following the Japanese suppression of the March First Movement, Rhee joined the right-leaning Korean Provisional Government in exile in Shanghai. From 1918 to 1924, he served as the first President of the Korean Provisional Government until 1925. He then returned to the United States, where he advocated and fundraised for Korean independence. In 1939, he moved to Washington, DC. In 1945, he was returned to US-controlled Korea by the US military. On 20 July 1948, he was elected the first president of the Republic of Korea by the National Assembly, ushering in the First Republic of Korea.
As president, Rhee continued his hardline anti-communist and pro-American views that characterized much of his earlier political career. Rhee was president during the outbreak of the Korean War (1950–1953), in which North Korea invaded South Korea. He refused to sign the armistice agreement that ended the war, wishing to have the peninsula reunited by force.
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Traded items with a signature of Syngman Rhee
The most expensive item with a signature of Syngman Rhee (1911 Typed Letter Syngman Rhee Signed - First President of the Republic of Korea) was sold in March 2024 for $2,400.00 while the cheapest item (1954 US KOREAN PACT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT KOREA SYNGMAN RHEE Photo 59) found a new owner for $9.99 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2012 with an average selling price of $199.00 for an autographed item of Syngman Rhee. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2015 with $950.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $72.00 was December 2012. In average, an autographed item from Syngman Rhee is worth $349.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Syngman Rhee were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1945 Syngman Rhee First President South Korea SIGNED Autographed Letter PSA COA | $417.00 |  |
| Former President of South Korea SYNGMAN RHEE Signed Note w/ Letter w/ Mailing En | $350.00 | |
| PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA Syngman Rhee autograph, typed letter signed | $667.89 | |
| PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA Syngman Rhee autograph, typed note signed | $333.00 | |
| PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA Syngman Rhee autograph, typed note signed | $324.24 | |
| Rare Syngman Rhee Autograph Signed Photograph Photo Portrait South Korea | $309.00 | |
| RARE, KOREA FIRST PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED JAPAN INSIDE OUT | $900.00 | |
| SYNGMAN RHEE - 1st PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA - SIGNED NOTE - RARE - LOOK! | $349.99 | |
| Syngman Rhee 1st President Of South Korea 1948 - 1960 Autograph ''Rare'' | $680.00 | |
| Syngman Rhee 1st President Of South Korea 1948 - 1960 Autograph ''Rare'' | $259.00 | |
| Syngman Rhee Autographed TIME Magazine Cover Volume LXI Number 10 JSA LOA | $595.00 | |
| SYNGMAN RHEE PORTRAI - signed with personal inscription to Vice Admi... Lot 1194 | $950.00 | |
| Syngman Rhee Signed Dinner Menu | $530.00 | |
| Syngman Rhee Signed FDC - JSA LOA 이승만 | $380.00 | |
| Syngman Rhee Signed Letter Cut Beckett BAS LOA COA 1st President of South Korea | $570.00 | |
