Autographs of Catherine Cookson

Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (née McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields (historically part of County Durham), North East England, the setting for her novels. With 104 titles written in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists. More about Catherine Cookson

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Current items with a signature of Catherine Cookson

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

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	A signed copy of The Black Velvet Gown by Catherine Cookson	£30.00
	Catherine Cookson, Bill Bailey, SIGNED, 1st ed 1986	£60.00
	RARE Signed for CATHERINE COOKSON Laughing House, Philip Diack, 1969, Hardback	£64.99
	Vintage Catherine Cookson autograph original hand signed photograph writer	£53.86

Cookson, registered as Catherine Ann Davies, was born on 20 June 1906 at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England. She was known as "Katie" as a child. She moved to East Jarrow, which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire, Scotland.

She left school at 14 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields. In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in lodgers to supplement her income. Read even more about Catherine Cookson at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Catherine Cookson

In total, we tracked 54 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Catherine Cookson (CATHERINE COOKSON SIGNED 1ST EDITION/1ST IMPRESSION HB BOOK,THE FIFTEEN STREETS.) was sold in December 2020 for £90.00 while the cheapest item (Catherine Cookson Genuine Signed Bookplate) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2021 with an average selling price of £28.00 for an autographed item of Catherine Cookson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2020 with £49.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.00 was August 2019. In average, an autographed item from Catherine Cookson is worth £10.00.

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

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Author Catherine Cookson hand signed dedicated 4x3 photograph	£3.75
	CATHERINE COOKSON (d1998) British Novelist The Fifteen Streets etc Signed pic	£4.20
	CATHERINE COOKSON (d1998) British Novelist The Fifteen Streets etc Signed pic	£2.75
	Catherine Cookson Signed autographed Letter.	£7.99
	Catherine Cookson The Mallen Litter Signed Copy Hardback 1st Edition	£19.95
	Catherine Cookson The Man Who Cried - Dedicated And Signed	£10.00
	Dame Catherine Cookson - Celebrated British Author - Hand Signed Label Onto Card	£12.50
	RARE SIGNED LETTER + LET ME MAKE MYSELF PLAIN; CATHERINE COOKSON; GOOD FREEPOST!	£19.99
	The Wingless Bird by Catherine Cookson. SIGNED COPY. Hardbackc	£7.00
	Catherine Cookson, Our Kate Hardback, signed copy in good condition	£24.00