Autographs of Keith Floyd
Keith Floyd (28 December 1943 – 14 September 2009) was a British celebrity cook, restaurateur, television personality and "gastronaut" who hosted cooking shows for the BBC and published many books combining cookery and travel. On television, his eccentric style of presentation – usually drinking wine as he cooked and talking to his crew – endeared him to millions of viewers worldwide.
Floyd was born at Folly Farm, Sulhamstead, near Reading, Berkshire, on 28 December 1943 to Sydney Albert Floyd (1915–1985) and Winifred Phyllis Lorraine, née Margetts. His father, from a working-class background in Solihull, West Midlands, studied electro-engineering at college until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he joined the Royal Corps of Signals; unable to continue his studies, he became (by his son's recollection) "a tailor or something of that sort", then a meter repairman for the electricity board, going on to work at the Fawley oil refinery on Southampton Water. He was also a lay preacher. Floyd was brought up in a council house in the small town of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, where his mother grew up; he referred to his upbringing as "a very happy rural childhood". His family made financial sacrifices to enable him to be educated privately at Wellington School, Somerset; popular and a good rugby player, he was forced to leave at 16 due to lack of money.
Floyd became a cub reporter on the Bristol Evening Post. He claimed, perhaps jokingly, that he decided to join the British Army in 1963 after watching the film Zulu, although the film was not released until 1964. Having turned down the 11th Hussars he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the "less snooty" Royal Tank Regiment serving on Centurion tanks, where he pestered the mess cook to produce gourmet dinners.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Keith Floyd (Keith Floyd Uncorked Signed Promotional Association Copy) was sold in October 2021 for £750.00 while the cheapest item (Stirred But Not Shaken: Signed Autobiography by Keith Floyd Hardback ) found a new owner for £2.10 in September 2021. The month with the most items sold (9) was July 2020 with an average selling price of £24.99 for an autographed item of Keith Floyd. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2024 with £85.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £6.42 was September 2024. In average, an autographed item from Keith Floyd is worth £25.16.
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