Gene Rayburn Autographs
Gene Rayburn (born Eugene Peter Jeljenic; December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American radio and television personality. He is best known as the host of various editions of the American television game show Match Game for over two decades.
Rayburn was born in Christopher, Illinois, the younger of two children of Croatian immigrants Marija "Mary" Hikec (August 14, 1897 – April 29, 1985) and Petar "Pero" Jeljenić (January 17, 1887 – December 26, 1918). In an episode of Match Game ‘74, Rayburn spoke Croatian with a contestant and mentioned that his parents were born in what was then Yugoslavia. His father died when Rayburn was an infant. Mary moved her family to Chicago; it was there she met Milan Rubessa. She married Rubessa on November 10, 1919, and gave her son the name Eugene Rubessa (/ruːˈbeɪʃə/). He had an elder brother, Alfred, who was killed when Rayburn was a child and a younger half-brother, Milan Rubessa Jr.
Rayburn graduated from Lindblom Technical High School and attended Knox College. He was senior class president at Lindblom and acted in the plays Robert of Sicily and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
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Traded items with a signature of Gene Rayburn
The most expensive item with a signature of Gene Rayburn (Gene Rayburn Autograph 3x5 Index Card Match Game Host (JSA) Cert (Scarce)) was sold in October 2024 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (Gene Rayburn was an American radio + television person Hand Signed Index Card) found a new owner for $3.25 in December 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2020 with an average selling price of $113.00 for an autographed item of Gene Rayburn. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2024 with $150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.50 was July 2020. In average, an autographed item from Gene Rayburn is worth $35.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Gene Rayburn were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | GENE RAYBURN - Rare AUTOGRAPHED CBS-TV PROMO COLOR 7x9 PHOTO for MATCH GAME | $130.00 |  |
| GENE RAYBURN - Rare AUTOGRAPHED TV PROMO COLOR 8x10 PHOTO for MATCH GAME | $35.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN - Rare AUTOGRAPHED TV PROMO COLOR 8x10 PHOTO for MATCH GAME | $35.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN - Rare AUTOGRAPHED TV PROMO COLOR 8x10 PHOTO for MATCH GAME | $30.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN - Rare AUTOGRAPHED TV PROMO PHOTO - MATCH GAME - HAND SIGNED 8x10 | $96.00 | |
| Gene Rayburn Autograph 3x5 Index Card Match Game Host (JSA) Cert (Scarce) | $150.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN Autographed Signed Inscribed Match Game TV | $25.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN d.1999 Signed 3x5 Album Page TV Host/Match Game JSA CC21087 | $109.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN d.1999 Signed 3x5 Index Card TV Host/Match Game JSA CC21087 | $109.00 | |
| GENE RAYBURN signed 8x10 photo | $5.50 | |
 | Gene Rayburn Signed Autograph 3x5” Photo! Match Game TV Game Show Legend! | $95.00 | |
| Gene Rayburn Signed Autographed 3x5 Page JSA Certified Match Game | $99.99 | |
| Gene Rayburn Signed Photo Autographed Signature Television Match Game Host | $22.00 | |
| Gene Rayburn The Match Game Autographed Signed Photo | $34.99 | |
| Vintage GENE RAYBURN Autograph - 1947 | $20.00 | |
