Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. More about Edmund Hillary
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Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II and was wounded in an accident. Prior to the Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952.In total, we tracked 500 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Edmund Hillary (Vintage ICE AXE personally signed by SIR EDMUND HILLARY - MOUNT EVEREST - PROOF) was sold in November 2015 for £2299.99 while the cheapest item (EDMUND HILLARY Signed Photograph - '1st Mount Everest Conquest') found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (13) was March 2022 with an average selling price of £93.88 for an autographed item of Edmund Hillary. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2016 with £375.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £12.59 was January 2016. In average, an autographed item from Edmund Hillary is worth £55.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Edmund Hillary were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1999 Sir Edmund Hillary Signed Everest Expedition Deluxe Leather Bound 1st Ed. | £142.59 | ||
EDMUND HILLARY , VIVIAN FUCHS ORIGINAL RARE SIGNED COVER 1958 | £32.76 | ||
Edmund Hillary Signed Card with Photo and Official COA | £75.00 | ||
Edmund Hillary SIGNED Everest:Summit of Achievement Stephen Venables, RARE. VGC | £60.00 | ||
Pat Booth Edmund Hillary Everest Mountaineering Climbing Antarctica SIGNED 1st | £74.95 | ||
SIGNED BY EDMUND HILLARY VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT (1st ED PB) | £45.00 | ||
Signed! VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT Sir Edmund Hillary Leather Easton Press Autographed | £118.41 | ||
Sir Edmund Hillary & The People of Everest - Ed Hillary Signed Hardcover | £118.84 | ||
Sir Edmund Hillary hand signed 8 x 10 inch photograph | £129.99 | ||
The View from the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary (Hardcover, 1999) *Signed* [HM] | £38.99 |