Autographs of Jean Batten
Jane Gardner Batten CBE OSC (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator who made several record-breaking flights – including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936.
She made two unsuccessful attempts to fly from England to Australia solo before achieving the feat in May 1934, taking just under 15 days to fly the distance in a Gipsy Moth biplane. The flight set the record for a woman's solo flight between the two countries. After a publicity tour around Australia and New Zealand, she flew the Gipsy Moth back to England, setting the solo women's record for the return flight from Australia to England. She also became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia and back again. In November 1935, she set the absolute record of 61 hours, 15 minutes, for flying from England to Brazil. During this flight, in a Percival Gull Six monoplane, she completed the fastest crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean and was the first woman to make the England–South America flight. The pinnacle of her flying achievements came in October 1936, when she flew her Gull from England to New Zealand, covering the distance in a little over 11 days, an absolute record for 44 years. The following year she made her last major flight, flying from Australia to England to set a new solo record.
During the Second World War, Batten unsuccessfully applied to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Instead, she joined the short-lived Anglo-French Ambulance Corps and worked in the munitions industry. After the war, Batten lived a reclusive and nomadic life with her mother, Ellen Batten, in Europe and the Caribbean. Ellen, a strong personality who dominated her daughter, died at Tenerife in 1967, and soon afterwards Batten returned to public life with several appearances related to aviation and her records. Her death on the Spanish island of Mallorca in November 1982 from complications of a dog bite went unnoticed until discovered by a journalist in September 1987.
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Traded items with a signature of Jean Batten
The most expensive item with a signature of Jean Batten (Queen Mother Elizabeth Albert King George VI Signed Aviatrix Jean Batten Royalty) was sold in October 2025 for £892.41 while the cheapest item (JEAN BATTEN SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED RAF COVER) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2025 with an average selling price of £12.31 for an autographed item of Jean Batten. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2017 with £49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2018. In average, an autographed item from Jean Batten is worth £12.50.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £16.44 |  |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £16.44 | |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £9.52 | |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £9.52 | |
 | 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £11.44 | |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £11.44 | |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £6.45 | |
| 1st Flight Aviation pioneer Jean Batten signed Concorde flown RAF cover | £6.45 | |
| Aviation pioneer Jean Batten Signed on her own Historic Aviators RAF Cover | £16.54 | |
| Aviation pioner Jean Batten, CBE signed RAF flown cover. Historic Aviators HA9c | £12.54 | |
| Aviation pioner Jean Batten, CBE signed RAF flown cover. Historic Aviators HA9c | £12.54 | |
 | Jean Batten hardback book Alone in the Sky with signed RAF rare flown cover | £36.98 | |
| Jean Batten hardback book Alone in the Sky with signed RAF rare flown cover | £36.98 | |
 | Nice Jean Batten Signed Cover. Flown London to Rome Bombay Hong Kong Melbourne | £12.92 | |
| Nice Jean Batten Signed Cover. Flown London to Rome Bombay Hong Kong Melbourne | £12.92 | |
