Autographs of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his criminal conviction for gross indecency for homosexual acts. More about Oscar Wilde
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Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London. Read even more about Oscar Wilde at Wikipedia
As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London. Read even more about Oscar Wilde at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Oscar Wilde
In total, we tracked 31 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde Autograph - Irish Playwright) was sold in July 2020 for £757.00 while the cheapest item (THE WILDE ALBUM signed by Oscar Wilde's grandson) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2012 with an average selling price of £2.92 for an autographed item of Oscar Wilde. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with £757.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2015. In average, an autographed item from Oscar Wilde is worth £16.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Oscar Wilde were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1852-1899 WILLIE WILDE (Oscar Wilde's brother), handwritten letter SIGNED! | £155.00 | |
| 1852-1899 WILLIE WILDE (Oscar Wilde's brother), late handwritten letter SIGNED! | £102.00 | |
| 1912 Art Galleries menu. Multi-Signed incl Robert Ross, Oscar Wilde's lover | £37.88 | |
| Antique Friend of Oscar Wilde Lady Gladys de Grey Signed Letter Dog Travel | £9.99 | |
| Henry Arthur Jones - playwright - Oscar Wilde rude about his writings -signature | £6.99 | |
| Lord Alfred Douglas. Poet. Friend and Lover Of Oscar Wilde Hand Signed Autograph | £102.00 | |
| Oscar Wilde Autograph - Irish Playwright | £757.00 | |
| Oscar Wilde Lawyer Edward Clarke Signed Photograph | £85.00 | |
| Oscar Wilde Note Signature Please Read Description | £2.00 | |
| Oscar Wilde Signed Album page | £280.00 | |
| OSCAR WILDE Signed Letter - Writer / Author / Poet / Humourist 7x5 | £0.99 | |
| OSCAR WILDE Signed Letter - Writer / Author / Poet / Humourist 7x5 | £0.99 | |
| Signed Autograph Photo Gladys de Grey Marchioness of Ripon Oscar Wilde Friend | £46.99 | |
| Sir Frank Lockwood - lead prosecution against Oscar Wilde - signature + picture | £16.99 | |
| Vyvyan Holland, author, son of Oscar Wilde. Two original autograph letters | £31.30 | |