John Bardeen Autographs
John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American condensed matter physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer for their microscopic theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Bardeen earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, before receiving a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. After serving in World War II, he was a researcher at Bell Labs and a professor at the University of Illinois.
The transistor revolutionized the electronics industry, making possible the development of almost every modern electronic device, from telephones to computers, and ushering in the Information Age. Bardeen's developments in superconductivity—for which he was awarded his second Nobel Prize—are used in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and superconducting quantum circuits.
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Traded items with a signature of John Bardeen
The most expensive item with a signature of John Bardeen (John Bardeen - Physicist - 3x5 Card - Signed | Autograph (a)) was sold in July 2025 for $254.98 while the cheapest item (John Bardeen Signed / Autograph index card COA) found a new owner for $3.58 in January 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2014 with an average selling price of $15.23 for an autographed item of John Bardeen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $219.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was February 2010. In average, an autographed item from John Bardeen is worth $35.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Bardeen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Dr. John Bardeen, Co-inventor of the Transistor, signed 8c Electronics FDC. | $47.50 |  |
| Hand Drawn Sketch of Transistor on 3 x 5 Card Signed by John Bardeen w/COA | $195.00 | |
| Hand Drawn Sketch of Transistor on 3 x 5 Card Signed by John Bardeen w/COA | $162.50 | |
| John Bardeen (+1991) autograph NOBEL PRIZE PH 1956 and 1972, signed vintage phot | $133.12 | |
| John Bardeen (Nobel Prize Physicist Inventor of Transistor) Signed Card Oct 1969 | $35.00 | |
| John Bardeen (Nobel Prize Physics 1956 and 1972) Signed 2 Page Magazine Article | $15.00 | |
| John Bardeen autographl Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 and 1972, signed card | $33.63 | |
| John Bardeen autographl Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 and 1972, signed visiting c | $32.31 | |
| John Bardeen Handwritten Note Signed-quantum Theory-3x5-nobel Prize In Physics | $219.99 | |
| JOHN BARDEEN NOBEL IN PHYSICS 1956 & 72 SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER | $30.00 | |
| John Bardeen Nobel Prize signed autographed card AMCo COA 19617 | $39.99 | |
| John Bardeen Nobel Prize signed autographed index card AMCo COA 19615 | $39.99 | |
| John Bardeen physicist/engineer Hand Signed Card invention of transistor | $31.88 | |
| John Bardeen physicist/engineer Hand Signed Card invention of transistor | $43.00 | |
| John Bardeen Signed Card Re: Can Man Live Forever Invented Transistor | $35.24 | |
