Autographs of Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 until his temporary retirement in 1949. He was victorious in 25 consecutive title defenses, a record for all weight classes. Louis has the longest single reign as champion of any boxer in history.
Louis's cultural impact was felt well outside the ring. He is widely regarded as the first African-American to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the United States, and was also a focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II because of his historic rematch with German boxer Max Schmeling in 1938.
Born on May 13, 1914, in rural Chambers County, Alabama—in a ramshackle dwelling on Bell Chapel Road, located about 1 mile (2 kilometres) off State Route 50 and roughly 6 miles (10 kilometres) from LaFayette—Louis was the seventh of eight children of Munroe Barrow and Lillie (Reese) Barrow. He weighed 11 pounds (5 kg) at birth. Both of his parents were children of former slaves, alternating between sharecropping and rental farming.
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Current items with a signature of Joe Louis
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Traded items with a signature of Joe Louis
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Louis (Joe Louis Autographed Type 1 Press Photo W/COA from JSA. Intl. News Photo 8x10) was sold in August 2025 for £1,734.23 while the cheapest item (Joe Louis Barrow Jr signed The Brown Bomber) found a new owner for £1.99 in November 2020. The month with the most items sold (15) was March 2025 with an average selling price of £59.57 for an autographed item of Joe Louis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2024 with £653.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.99 was March 2020. In average, an autographed item from Joe Louis is worth £96.64.
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