Autographs of Joe McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion. He alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. Ultimately, he was censured for refusing to cooperate with, and abusing members of, the committee established to investigate whether or not he should be censured. The term "McCarthyism", coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy's practices, was soon applied to similar anti-communist activities. Today, the term is used more broadly to mean demagogic, reckless, and unsubstantiated accusations, as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents. More about Joe McCarthy
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Born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, McCarthy commissioned into the Marine Corps in 1942, where he served as an intelligence briefing officer for a dive bomber squadron. Following the end of World War II, he attained the rank of major. He volunteered to fly twelve combat missions as a gunner-observer. These missions were generally safe, and after one where he was allowed to shoot as much ammunition as he wanted to, mainly at coconut trees, he acquired the nickname "Tail-Gunner Joe". Some of his claims of heroism were later shown to be exaggerated or falsified, leading many of his critics to use "Tail-Gunner Joe" as a term of mockery.
McCarthy successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1946, defeating Robert M. La Follette Jr. After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950, when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department. In succeeding years after his 1950 speech, McCarthy made additional accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department, the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army. He also used various charges of communism, communist sympathies, disloyalty, or sex crimes to attack a number of politicians and other individuals inside and outside of government. This included a concurrent "Lavender Scare" against suspected homosexuals; as homosexuality was prohibited by law at the time, it was also perceived to increase a person's risk for blackmail. Read even more about Joe McCarthy at Wikipedia
McCarthy successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1946, defeating Robert M. La Follette Jr. After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950, when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department. In succeeding years after his 1950 speech, McCarthy made additional accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department, the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army. He also used various charges of communism, communist sympathies, disloyalty, or sex crimes to attack a number of politicians and other individuals inside and outside of government. This included a concurrent "Lavender Scare" against suspected homosexuals; as homosexuality was prohibited by law at the time, it was also perceived to increase a person's risk for blackmail. Read even more about Joe McCarthy at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Joe McCarthy
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe McCarthy (Dambusters 44th Anniversary Dams Raid Cover Joe Mccarthy Signed) was sold in May 2022 for £410.00 while the cheapest item (617 Squadron Dam Busters - Autograph J C (Joe) McCarthy DSO DFC & Bar) found a new owner for £15.00 in July 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2019 with an average selling price of £84.45 for an autographed item of Joe McCarthy. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with £410.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £41.55 was October 2020. In average, an autographed item from Joe McCarthy is worth £97.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Joe McCarthy were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1993 The Dambusters cover signed J C Joe McCarthy DSO DFC. 1 of 39 covers. | £67.00 | |
| 1996 Classic Aircraft cover signed J C Joe McCarthy Pilot-Dams Raid. 1 of 25 | £89.89 | |
| Cover signed Joe McCarthy dambuster pilot dams raid 617 Squadron RAF | £75.00 | |
| Cover signed Joe McCarthy Dambuster pilot the Dams Raid 617 Squadron | £90.00 | |
| DAMBUSTER FLT LT JOE McCARTHY SIGNED 44th ANNIVERSARY OF DAMS RAID COVER | £93.90 | |
| DAMBUSTER J.C (JOE) McCARTHY SIGNED 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAMS RAID COVER | £220.00 | |
| DAMBUSTER JOE McCARTHY SIGNED 44th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAMS RAID COVER | £169.99 | |
| DAMBUSTER PILOT WING COMMANDER JOE McCARTHY SIGNED CONCORDE FLOWN COVER | £156.55 | |
| Dambusters 2003 Stamp Sheet Hand Signed Fred Sutherland Les Munro Joe McCarthy | £21.50 | |
| Dambusters 44th Anniversary Dams Raid Cover Joe Mccarthy Signed | £410.00 | |
| Dambusters 617sq Dams Raid Cover Pilot Joseph 'Big Joe' McCarthy Signed *RARE* | £130.00 | |
| Dams Raid Pilot JOE McCARTHY DSO DFC* Signed DAMBUSTERS Anniversary Cover | £229.99 | |
| Joe McCarthy Signed Cover Pilot Dams Raid Dambuster 617 Squadron Lancaster 50th | £70.00 | |
| Photo signed Joe McCarthy Dambuster pilot the Dams Raid 617 Squadron | £75.00 | |
| SIX Dambusters signed Joe McCarthy Oancia Feneron Tees Appleby plus Tait | £41.55 | |