Samantha Smith Autographs
Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted.
Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a "Goodwill Ambassador", becoming known as America's Youngest Ambassador and subsequently participating in peacemaking activities in Japan. With the assistance of her father, Arthur (an academic), she wrote a book titled Journey to the Soviet Union, which chronicled her visit to the country. She later became a child actress, hosting a child-oriented special on the 1984 United States presidential election for The Disney Channel and playing a co-starring role in the television series Lime Street. Smith died at the age of 13 in 1985, onboard Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, which crashed short of the runway on final approach to the Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Maine.
When Yuri Andropov succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union in November 1982, the mainstream Western newspapers and magazines ran numerous front-page photographs and articles about him. Most coverage was negative and tended to give a perception of a new threat to the stability of the Western World. Andropov had been the Soviet Ambassador to Hungary during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, which was put down by the Soviet Army, and the Chairman of the KGB from 1967 to 1982; during his tenure, he was known in the West for crushing the Prague Spring and the brutal suppression of dissidents, such as Andrei Sakharov and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He began his tenure as Soviet leader by strengthening the powers of the KGB, and by suppressing dissidents. According to Vasili Mitrokhin, Andropov saw the struggle for human rights as a part of a wide-ranging imperialist plot to undermine the foundation of the Soviet state. Much international tension surrounded both Soviet and American efforts to develop weapons capable of being launched from satellites in orbit. Both governments had extensive research and development programs to develop such technology. However, both nations were coming under increasing pressure to disband the project. In the United States, President Ronald Reagan came under pressure from a lobby of US scientists and arms experts, while in the Soviet Union the government issued a statement that read, "To prevent the militarization of space is one of the most urgent tasks facing mankind".
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Traded items with a signature of Samantha Smith
The most expensive item with a signature of Samantha Smith (Samantha Smith Journey to the Soviet Union Signed Book 1988 HC - RV14) was sold in February 2026 for $189.80 while the cheapest item (3-11-02 PWE READ . star trek strange new worlds autograph samantha smith (B)) found a new owner for $4.12 in October 2024. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2020 with an average selling price of $15.50 for an autographed item of Samantha Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $149.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $6.50 was September 2017. In average, an autographed item from Samantha Smith is worth $25.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Samantha Smith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Alexander Calvert Signed Supernatural 8x10 Photo Samantha Smith JSA COA | $149.99 |  |
| Alexander Calvert Signed Supernatural 8x10 Photo Samantha Smith JSA COA | $149.99 | |
| Samantha Smith hand signed Mary Winchester Supernatural photo auto The CW | $74.75 | |
| Samantha Smith hand signed Mary Winchester Supernatural photo auto The CW | $74.75 | |
| Samantha Smith signed Mary Winchester Supernatural 8x10 photo SPN | $25.48 | |
| Samantha Smith signed Mary Winchester Supernatural 8x10 photo SPN | $25.48 | |
| Samantha Smith SIGNED SUPERNATURAL 8x10 Photo As Mary Winchester aka Eve. JSA | $65.00 | |
| Samantha Smith SIGNED SUPERNATURAL 8x10 Photo As Mary Winchester aka Eve. JSA | $65.00 | |
 | Samantha Smith Supernatural 8x10 Signed Photo JSA Certified Autograph | $84.90 | |
| Samantha Smith Supernatural 8x10 Signed Photo JSA Certified Autograph | $84.90 | |
| Samantha Smith Supernatural 8x10 Signed Photo JSA Certified Autograph | $84.90 | |
 | Samantha Smith Supernatural Signed 8x10 as Mary Winchester Photo Autograph JSA | $80.00 | |
| Samantha Smith Supernatural Signed 8x10 as Mary Winchester Photo Autograph JSA | $80.00 | |
 | Supernatural 8x10 Signed By Samantha Smith JSA Sticker Only | $40.00 | |
| Supernatural 8x10 Signed By Samantha Smith JSA Sticker Only | $40.00 | |
Latest News about Samantha Smith
Jensen Ackles' Supernatural Prequel Just Cast Jeffrey Dean Morgan And Samantha S (03/23/2022): The Supernatural prequel project from Jensen Ackles has found the new John and Mary Winchester to replace Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Samantha Smith. 
