Rona Barrett Autographs

Rona Barrett (born Rona Burstein, October 8, 1936) is an American gossip columnist and businesswoman. She runs the Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization in Santa Ynez, California, dedicated to the aid and support of senior citizens in need.
Barrett was born on October 8, 1936, into a Jewish family in New York City. As a teenager, she overcame a degenerative hip condition that made walking extremely difficult, and organized fan clubs for popular singers she admired, such as Eddie Fisher and Steve Lawrence. She became a gossip columnist for the Bell-McClure Syndicate in 1957, and soon went to work for Bob Marcucci, the manager for teen idols Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
In 1966, she began broadcasting Hollywood gossip on the Los Angeles television station KABC-TV. She could be seen on TV regularly, appearing on ABC's five owned and operated stations around the country. WABC-TV in New York put her pre-recorded gossip segment into its nightly local news, but anchor Roger Grimsby generally introduced it by making disparaging comments about her. Barrett made Frank Sinatra's enemies list by criticizing his personal life, particularly his relationships with his children. Barrett also angered actor Ryan O'Neal after she wrote some unflattering things about him. To retaliate, he supposedly sent her a box containing a live tarantula. She developed the first in-depth personal TV specials about film, television, music, sports and political celebrities, and she had a series of magazines on the entertainment industry that were top-rated at newsstands, including Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing but the Truth, published by Laufer Media. She also appeared on Jack Paar Tonite, where she clashed with Clement Freud.
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Traded items with a signature of Rona Barrett

The most expensive item with a signature of Rona Barrett (Rona Barrett Gossip Columnist Signed 3 X 5 Index Card) was sold in March 2025 for $65.00 while the cheapest item (RONA BARRETT GOSSIP COLUMNIST EXTRAORDINAIRE SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER) found a new owner for $0.95 in June 2023. The month with the most items sold (5) was May 2012 with an average selling price of $10.00 for an autographed item of Rona Barrett. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $27.98 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was September 2021. In average, an autographed item from Rona Barrett is worth $10.00.

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

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Lovely Vintage Rona Barrett Signed Photo	$30.00
	Lovely Vintage Rona Barrett Signed Photo	$30.00
	Original Hand Signed Rona Barrett 8 x 10 photo	$27.98
	Rona Barrett Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - Gossip Columnist - Odd Couple w/COA	$15.79
	Rona Barrett Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - Gossip Columnist - Odd Couple w/COA	$15.79
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed Gossip Columnist	$30.00
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed Gossip Columnist	$30.00
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed Gossip Columnist Inscribed To Jimmy	$19.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed Gossip Columnist Inscribed To Jimmy	$19.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95
	Rona Barrett Signed 8x10 Photograph Autographed Photo Gossip Columnist	$24.95