Autographs of Elephant Man

Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "The Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. Despite his challenges, Merrick created detailed artistic works, such as intricate models of buildings, and became well known in London society.
Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven, and his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home and went to live with his uncle, Charles Merrick. In 1879, 17-year-old Merrick entered the Leicester Union Workhouse. In 1884, he contacted a showman named Sam Torr and proposed that he might be exhibited. Torr arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named "the Elephant Man". After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop rented by showman Tom Norman. The shop was visited by surgeon Frederick Treves, who invited Merrick to be physically examined. Merrick was displayed by Treves at a meeting of the Pathological Society of London in 1884, after which Norman's shop was closed by the police. Merrick then joined Sam Roper's circus and then toured in Europe by an unknown manager.
In Belgium, Merrick was robbed by his road manager and abandoned in Brussels. He eventually made his way back to the London Hospital, where he was allowed to stay for the rest of his life. Treves visited him daily, and the pair developed a close friendship. Merrick also received visits from some of the wealthy ladies and gentlemen of London society, including Alexandra, Princess of Wales.
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Traded items with a signature of Elephant Man

The most expensive item with a signature of Elephant Man (David Bowie SIGNED AUTOGRAPH The Elephant Man 1980 AFTAL UACC RD) was sold in May 2020 for £476.00 while the cheapest item (Freddy Jones SIGNED photo - J38 - The Elephant Man) found a new owner for £0.01 in April 2018. The month with the most items sold (6) was July 2015 with an average selling price of £15.00 for an autographed item of Elephant Man. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2018 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Elephant Man is worth £15.00.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.14
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.14
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.14
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.55
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.55
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.55
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.13
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.13
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£17.13
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£16.97
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£16.97
	Measured by Soul The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) Signed	£16.97
	The True History Of The Elephant Man Double Signed First Edition Hardback 1980	£36.90
	The True History Of The Elephant Man Double Signed First Edition Hardback 1980	£36.90
	The True History Of The Elephant Man Double Signed First Edition Hardback 1980	£36.90