Ralph DePalma Autographs

Raffaele "Ralph" DePalma (occasionally spelt De Palma, December 19, 1882 – March 31, 1956) was an American racing driver who won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. DePalma won the 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911 American AAA national dirt track championships and is credited with winning 25 American Championship car races. He won the Canadian national championship in 1929. DePalma estimated that he had earned $1.5 million by 1934 after racing for 27 years. He is inducted in numerous halls of fame. He competed on boards and dirt road courses and ovals.
Born in Biccari, Apulia, Italy, DePalma's family, who was from nearby Troia, emigrated to the United States in 1891. When he arrived in the US he was told that, because his father had become a naturalized US citizen, he was automatically a US citizen himself. It was not until March 1920 that it was revealed to him that his father had not completed the paperwork required. He applied for US citizenship and was granted it in August 1920. As a young man he tried bicycle racing with mixed success, but at the age of twenty-two, he began racing motorcycles before switching to the automobile dirt track racing circuit in 1909, the year that the American Automobile Association established the national driving championship.
DePalma was immediately successful in car racing. In 1911, DePalma won the first Milwaukee Mile Championship Car race. However, he is still remembered for the dramatic manner in which he lost the 1912 Indianapolis 500. After taking over the race lead on lap 3 and then leading the race for the next 196 laps, his Mercedes cracked a piston and with only 2 laps remaining; he and his mechanic had to push the car across the finish line to take eleventh place. At that time, only cars completing the full 200 laps received any prize money and pushing the Mercedes over the line only completed 199 laps. This Mercedes remains on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
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Traded items with a signature of Ralph DePalma

The most expensive item with a signature of Ralph DePalma (19124 RALPH DePALMA SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO) was sold in April 2011 for $305.00 while the cheapest item (1934 RUSSELL B. COLLINS PHOTO - SIGNED to RALPH DePALMA) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2011. The month with the most items sold (10) was April 2011 with an average selling price of $33.80 for an autographed item of Ralph DePalma. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2013 with $295.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $23.37 was June 2011. In average, an autographed item from Ralph DePalma is worth $51.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Ralph DePalma were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	19124 RALPH DePALMA SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO	$305.00
	1914 RALPH DePALMA Autographed Racing Cabinet Photo	$175.00
	1922 RALPH DEPALMA Racing Photo AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED!	$295.00
	1933 RALPH DePALMA & MAYOR VINTAGE PHOTO - SIGNED	$11.50
	1933 RALPH DePALMA AUTO RACER VINTAGE PHOTO - SIGNED	$20.27
	1934 RUSSELL B. COLLINS PHOTO - SIGNED to RALPH DePALMA	$0.99
	1944 JOHNSON DAVIS PHOTO - SIGNED to RALPH DePALMA	$10.50
	1949 PETE DePAOLO PHOTO SIGNED to RALPH DePALMA	$38.00
	Authentic Autographed Ralph DePalma 1921 Photo 1915 Indy 500 Winner	$150.00
	AUTOGRAPHED Vintage Ralph DePalma 1952 INDY 500 Race Car Driver Headshot PHOTO	$110.50
	RALPH DEPALMA AUTOGRAPH SIGNED GPC WON 1915 INDY 500 DIED-1956	$147.00
	Ralph DePalma Signed 8x10 B&W Vintage Photo WON 1915 Indy 500 HOF’er PSA/DNA LOA	$189.75
	Ralph DePalma signed index card 3x5 PSA auto RARE autographed 1915 Indy 500	$148.00
	Ralph DePalma, American Race Car Driver, authentically signed 3x5 card,1930	$105.00
	RALPH DePALMA, DUKE NALON, HENRY BANKS SIGNED PHOTO	$45.76