Autographs of Thomas Sopwith
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman.
Sopwith was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1888. He was the eighth child and only son of Thomas Sopwith (a civil engineer and managing director of the Spanish Lead Mines Company in Linares, Jaén, Spain) and his wife, Lydia Gertrude Messiter. He was a grandson of mining engineer Thomas Sopwith. He was educated at Cottesmore School in Hove and at Seafield Park engineering college in Hill Head.
On 30 July 1898, when he was ten years old and on a family holiday at the Isle of Lismore near Oban in Scotland, a gun lying across young Thomas's knee went off, killing his father. This accident haunted Sopwith for the rest of his life.
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Traded items with a signature of Thomas Sopwith
The most expensive item with a signature of Thomas Sopwith (RAF13c 54 Sqn Sopwith Cover Signed Sir Thomas Sopwith. Herbert Smith Designer) was sold in February 2025 for £105.85 while the cheapest item (RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER RFDC SERIES LTD EDIT SIGNED THOMAS SOPWITH FLOWN CVR) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2024. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2014 with an average selling price of £19.99 for an autographed item of Thomas Sopwith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2018 with £99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2024. In average, an autographed item from Thomas Sopwith is worth £18.09.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Thomas Sopwith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1971 London - Victoria Air Race cover rare Signed by Sir Thomas Sopwith | £41.54 |  |
 | 1976 ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMERATIVE COVER - THOMAS SOPWITH SIGNED LTD EDITION | £55.42 | |
 | 1976 Sir Thomas Sopwith cover signed by Thomas Sopwith. | £6.50 | |
| 1976 Sir Thomas Sopwith cover signed by Thomas Sopwith. | £15.55 | |
| Aviation Pioneer SIR THOMAS SOPWITH CBE Signed RAF 13c No.54 Squadron Cover | £25.94 | |
| Aviation Pioneer SIR THOMAS SOPWITH CBE Signed RAF 13c No.54 Squadron Cover | £18.18 | |
| Aviation Pioneer THOMAS SOPWITH Signed Harry Hawker Test Pilot RAF TP1c Cover | £23.94 | |
| British Aviation Pioneer SIR THOMAS SOPWITH CBE FRAeS Signed on own RAF Cover | £32.94 | |
| British Aviation Pioneer SIR THOMAS SOPWITH CBE FRAeS Signed on own RAF Cover | £29.99 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER RFDC SERIES LTD EDIT SIGNED THOMAS SOPWITH FLOWN CVR | £0.99 | |
| RAF13c 54 Sqn Sopwith Cover Signed Sir Thomas Sopwith. Herbert Smith Designer | £105.85 | |
| S7c Flown in 1971 London - Victoria Air Race Signed by Sir Thomas Sopwith Flt | £47.45 | |
 | Sir Thomas Sopwith Legendary Aviation Pioneer Flown & Signed RAF Cover 1976 | £27.67 | |
| Sir Thomas Sopwith Legendary Aviation Pioneer Flown & Signed RAF Cover 1976 | £26.47 | |
| SIR THOMAS SOPWITH, AVIATION PIONEER **SIGNED H. HAWKER COVER : MILITARY (1979) | £6.95 | |
