Autographs of Bill Robinson
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. His long career mirrored changes in American entertainment tastes and technology. His career began in the age of minstrel shows and moved to vaudeville, Broadway theatre, the recording industry, Hollywood films, radio, and television.
According to dance critic Marshall Stearns, "Robinson's contribution to tap dance is exact and specific. He brought it on its toes, dancing upright and swinging," adding a "hitherto-unknown lightness and presence.": pp. 186–187 His signature routine was the stair dance, in which he would tap up and down a set of stairs in a rhythmically complex sequence of steps, a routine that he unsuccessfully attempted to patent. He is also credited with having popularized the word copacetic through his repeated use of it in vaudeville and radio appearances.
He is famous for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s, and for starring in the musical Stormy Weather (1943), loosely based on his own life and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. He used his popularity to challenge and overcome numerous racial barriers. Robinson was one of the first minstrel and vaudeville performers to appear as black without the use of blackface makeup, as well as one of the earliest Black performers to perform solo, overcoming vaudeville's two-color rule. Additionally, he was an early black headliner in Broadway shows. Robinson was the first black performer to appear in a Hollywood film in an interracial dance team (with Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel, 1935), and the first black performer to headline a mixed-race Broadway production.
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Current items with a signature of Bill Robinson
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Traded items with a signature of Bill Robinson
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Robinson (BILL ROBINSON PITTSBURGH STEELER Letter Signed 2003 Photo 1952 Black White) was sold in May 2025 for £403.18 while the cheapest item (Bill Robinson Signed Philadelphia Phillies 8x10 Photo AUTO JSA Sticker) found a new owner for £1.80 in February 2025. The month with the most items sold (4) was June 2025 with an average selling price of £28.37 for an autographed item of Bill Robinson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with £119.83 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.80 was February 2025. In average, an autographed item from Bill Robinson is worth £28.36.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Robinson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1979 Phillies Phan-O-Gram Signed issue with Johnny Pro Bill Robinson Signed Phot | £43.94 |  |
 | 1986 New York Mets Bill Robinson autographed 8x10 photo 86 WS Champs added | £22.17 | |
| 1986 New York Mets Bill Robinson autographed 8x10 photo 86 WS Champs added | £24.72 | |
| Bill Buckner/Bill Robinson Autographed Photo 1986 World Series 20x26 Framed | £119.83 | |
| Bill Robinson 8.5x11 Pirates Photo Photograph Signed Auto Autographed | £21.91 | |
| BILL ROBINSON AUTOGRAPH PHOTO 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 NY YANKEES DECEASED 2007 | £47.19 | |
| BILL ROBINSON AUTOGRAPH PHOTO 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 NY YANKEES DECEASED 2007 | £52.79 | |
| BILL ROBINSON AUTOGRAPH PHOTO 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 NY YANKEES DECEASED 2007 | £58.46 | |
| Bill Robinson New York Mets Autograph 8x10 APE COA | £10.69 | |
| Bill Robinson New York Yankees Autograph 8x10 APE COA | £10.69 | |
 | Bill Robinson New York Yankees Signed 8x10 Photo Lamenated W/Our COA | £26.74 | |
| Bill Robinson PSA DNA Signed 8x10 Photo Autograph Phillies | £48.07 | |
 | BILL ROBINSON Signed Baseball -Guaranteed Authentic | £26.69 | |
| BILL ROBINSON Signed Baseball -Guaranteed Authentic | £30.03 | |
| New York Yankees Bill Robinson (dec) autographed 8x10 color action photo | £29.12 | |
