Autographs of Don Estelle

Don Estelle (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was an English actor and singer, best known as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. More about Don Estelle

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Current items with a signature of Don Estelle

These are the most current items with a signature of Don Estelle that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailDON ESTELLE & WINDSOR DAVIS - Sing Lofty Signed LP EMI Records Ltd£19.95logo
thumbnailDon Estelle - Reflections - LOFTY LP Signed by Don£6.00logo
thumbnailDon Estelle Beautiful Dreamer (signed) + As time goes by + Sing Lofty Vinyl excl£25.00logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE BEAUTIFUL DREAMER LOFTY RECORDS LR 1001 SIGNED SLEEVE - EX/EX£7.99logo
thumbnailDon Estelle Beautiful Dreamer Lp Autographed In Blackpool £5.50logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS signed copy 12 VINYL LOFTY RECORDS£11.99logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE Front Cover Hand Signed Vinyl Record Beautiful Dreamer LP Autograph£9.99logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE Java Jive SIGNED 7 (1978 CSS 0072) Rare UK Original Signed by Don£5.00logo
thumbnailDon Estelle – Lonely Wine Vinyl LP SIGNED & Order Form Lofty Records – EX/VG£6.99logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE- BEAUTIFUL DREAMER- VINYL LP HAND SIGNED. EXCELLENT VINYL £6.99logo
Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester (historically part of Lancashire), he was brought up in a house on Russell Street in the area. During the Second World War, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire to escape the Manchester Blitz. It was there he found his voice as a boy soprano at the local Holy Trinity Parish Church, and on returning home after the war, he continued singing at St Mary's Church, Crumpsall. He later joined a charity group, the Manchester Kentucky Minstrels, and with them, performed "Granada" in the 1954 talent show What Makes a Star? at BBC Radio's northern studios in Manchester.

Estelle gained experience by singing one song 12 times a week in the show The Backyard Kids at the Hulme Hippodrome in Manchester. He met the actor Windsor Davies in 1962 at the Garrick Theatre in London and the two men formed an act which toured theatres and clubs for four years. Estelle had small roles in Dad's Army (playing a Pickfords removals man in one 1969, episode and an ARP warden called Gerald in three more in 1970). He eventually gained the role of Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in the sitcom, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, which was first broadcast in January 1974 and ran until September 1981 reuniting him with Davies whose sergeant major character often mocked Lofty in the storylines. The character was given the ironic nickname of Lofty because of Estelle's 4 ft 9 in (145 cm) stature. Read even more about Don Estelle at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Don Estelle

In total, we tracked 86 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Don Estelle (Don Estelle Sing Lofty Thoughts Of A Gemini autobiography RARE & Signed Book) was sold in April 2022 for £205.00 while the cheapest item (The Best Of Don Estelle Requests. Music Cassette. Signed Inlay Card. (2639)) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2024. The month with the most items sold (6) was March 2021 with an average selling price of £2.10 for an autographed item of Don Estelle. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2017 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2018. In average, an autographed item from Don Estelle is worth £4.99.

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

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailANN PEEBLES ~ I DON'T LEND MY MAN ** LONDON 7 DEMO with DON ESTELLE Autograph.£6.50logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE & WINDSOR DAVIS - Sing Lofty Signed LP Record Ain't Half Hot Mum£5.00logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE & WINDSOR DAVIS - Sing Lofty Signed LP Record Ain't Half Hot Mum£5.00logo
thumbnailDON ESTELLE - Beautiful Dreamer Cassette - signed autograph on insert£2.99logo
thumbnailDon Estelle - Beautiful Dreamer. Signed Vinyl Lp In Good Condition£2.15logo
thumbnailDon Estelle Beautiful Dreamer Lr 1001 Vinyl Record Lp Autograph £3.40logo
thumbnailDon Estelle cassette tapes signed excellent condition£1.99logo
thumbnailDon Estelle Sings Songs For Christmas LP Album 1979 1st Press SHM 3015 Signed£2.00logo
thumbnailLonely Wine LP, by Don Estelle. Signed by Don himself. CG B86£8.99logo
thumbnailThe Best Of Don Estelle Requests. Music Cassette. Signed Inlay Card. (2639)£0.99logo