Autographs of Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur DBE (born 8 July 1976) is an English retired sailor and charity founder. On 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, a feat which gained her international renown. She held the record until early 2008. Following her retirement from professional sailing on 2 September 2010, MacArthur announced the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity that works with business and education to promote a circular economy.
MacArthur was born in Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire. She acquired her early interest in sailing, firstly by her desire to emulate her idol at the time, Sophie Burke, and secondly by reading Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of books. She has since become the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust which owns and operates Ransome's yacht, Nancy Blackett.
Her first experience of sailing was on a boat owned by her aunt Thea MacArthur on the east coast of England. She saved her school dinner money for three years to buy her first boat, an eight-foot dinghy, which she named Threp'ny Bit. She sellotaped a threepenny bit coin onto the bow.
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Traded items with a signature of Ellen MacArthur
The most expensive item with a signature of Ellen MacArthur (ELLEN MACARTHUR & SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON *Signed* Clipper Henri Lloyd Jacket) was sold in March 2014 for £270.00 while the cheapest item (ELLEN MACARTHUR- WORLD RECORD YACHT WOMAN - POSTCARD PHOTO SIGNED.) found a new owner for £0.50 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2026 with an average selling price of £18.04 for an autographed item of Ellen MacArthur. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with £59.12 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was March 2013. In average, an autographed item from Ellen MacArthur is worth £11.47.
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