Thomas Michael Bond CBE (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also appeared in a popular film series (featuring Paddington and Paddington 2 to date) and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years. More about Michael Bond
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Thomas Michael Bond was born on 13 January 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire. He was raised in Reading, where his visits to Reading railway station to watch the Cornish Riviera Express pass through started a love of trains. His father was a manager for the post office. He was educated at Presentation College in Reading. His time there was unhappy. He told The Guardian in November 2014 that his parents had chosen the school "for the simple reason mother liked the colour of the blazers ... she didn't make many mistakes in life, but that was one of them". He left education aged 14, despite his parents' wishes for him to go to university. The Second World War was under way and he went to work in a solicitor's office for a year, and then as an engineer's assistant for the BBC.In total, we tracked 166 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Michael Bond (Paddington Here and Now 1st Ed Double Signed by Michael Bond (Hardback, 2008)) was sold in July 2018 for £285.00 while the cheapest item (Michael Bond autograph ( Paddington Bear)) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2022. The month with the most items sold (7) was April 2021 with an average selling price of £26.00 for an autographed item of Michael Bond. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with £200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from Michael Bond is worth £30.00.
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