Autographs of John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman CBE (/ˈbɛtʃəmən/; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
Betjeman was born in London to a prosperous silverware maker of Dutch descent. His parents, Mabel (née Dawson) and Ernest Betjemann, had a family firm at 34–42 Pentonville Road which manufactured the kind of ornamental household furniture and gadgets distinctive to Victorians.
During the First World War the family name was changed to the less German-looking Betjeman. His father's forebears had actually come from the present day Netherlands more than a century earlier, setting up their home and business in Islington, London, and during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War had, ironically, added the extra "-n" to avoid the anti-Dutch sentiment existing at the time.
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Traded items with a signature of John Betjeman

The most expensive item with a signature of John Betjeman (SIR JOHN BETJEMAN - 1953 ARCHITECTURE BOOK SIGNED FOR P MORTON SHAND) was sold in July 2025 for £845.00 while the cheapest item (SIR JOHN BETJEMAN-T. E. BROWN-MANXMAN-UK LP-NM-1976-RARE AUTOGRAPHED SLEEVE) found a new owner for £3.99 in November 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2019 with an average selling price of £62.50 for an autographed item of John Betjeman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with £550.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £14.99 was February 2019. In average, an autographed item from John Betjeman is worth £53.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of John Betjeman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Document signed by Sir John Betjeman	£97.07
	Document signed by Sir John Betjeman	£97.07
	John Betjeman (1906-1984), poet. Typed Letter Signed 1974	£75.00
	JOHN BETJEMAN BETJEMAN'S BANANA BLUSH SIGNED UK CHARISMA VINYL LP UACC RACC	£550.00
	JOHN BETJEMAN BETJEMAN'S BANANA BLUSH SIGNED UK CHARISMA VINYL LP UACC RACC	£550.00
	John Betjeman Signed Bookplate Novelist & Poet Autographed	£50.00
	John Betjeman Signed Bookplate Novelist & Poet Autographed	£50.00
	John Betjeman Signed Letter On His Knighthood - English Poet	£57.00
	John Betjeman Signed Letter On His Knighthood - English Poet	£57.00
	John Betjeman Signed Letters	£40.00
	John Betjeman Signed Letters	£40.00
	SIR JOHN BETJEMAN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. BRITISH POET	£29.99
	SIR JOHN BETJEMAN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. BRITISH POET	£29.99
	Sir John Betjeman Signed Letter - English Poet	£46.00
	Sir John Betjeman Signed Letter - English Poet	£46.00