Autographs of Colin Chapman
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE RDI (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.
Chapman founded Lotus in 1952 and initially ran Lotus in his spare time, assisted by a group of enthusiasts. His knowledge of the latest aeronautical engineering techniques would prove vital towards achieving the major automotive technical advances for which he is remembered. Chapman's design philosophy focused on cars with light weight and fine handling instead of bulking up on horsepower and spring rates, which he famously summarised as "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
Team Lotus won seven Formula One Constructors' titles, six Drivers' Championships, and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States, between 1962 and 1978 under his direction. The production side of Lotus Cars has built tens of thousands of relatively affordable, cutting edge sports cars. Lotus is one of but a handful of English performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s.
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Current items with a signature of Colin Chapman
These are the most current items with a signature of Colin Chapman that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
Traded items with a signature of Colin Chapman
The most expensive item with a signature of Colin Chapman (Autographed Photo by Jim Clarke & Colin Chapman+Album of Photographs+Passes) was sold in April 2015 for £573.00 while the cheapest item (Hand Signed Autograph Clive Chapman classic lotus F1 son of Colin Chapman) found a new owner for £1.00 in March 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2013 with an average selling price of £79.00 for an autographed item of Colin Chapman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2018 with £325.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.00 was March 2021. In average, an autographed item from Colin Chapman is worth £70.94.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Colin Chapman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | COLIN CHAPMAN - ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH - ORIG PHOTO - DECEASED F1-TEAM-BOSS LOTUS | £138.80 |  |
| COLIN CHAPMAN - ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH - ORIG PHOTO - DECEASED F1-TEAM-BOSS LOTUS | £138.80 | |
 | Colin Chapman Formula 1 Lotus Boss Founder Signed Photo | £98.00 | |
| Colin Chapman Formula 1 Lotus Boss Founder Signed Photo | £98.00 | |
| Colin Chapman Formula 1 Lotus Founder Signed Photo | £143.00 | |
| Colin Chapman Formula 1 Lotus Founder Signed Photo | £143.00 | |
 | formula 1 Forgotten Drivers Colin Chapman Signed 4x6 Photo | £13.37 | |
| formula 1 Forgotten Drivers Colin Chapman Signed 4x6 Photo | £13.37 | |
 | Hazel Chapman, Jabby Crombac and one other Signed Colin Chapman Lotus Book | £76.88 | |
| Hazel Chapman, Jabby Crombac and one other Signed Colin Chapman Lotus Book | £76.88 | |
| Jim Clark Colin Chapman during the British GP Brands Hatch Beautiful 7X5 Signed | £5.99 | |
| Jim Clark Colin Chapman during the British GP Brands Hatch Beautiful 7X5 Signed | £5.99 | |
| Jim Clark Colin Chapman Indy 500 Win 1965 Signed 7x5 photo Must Have Item. | £5.99 | |
| SIGNED NIGEL MANSELL ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH FOTO AUTOGRAPH COLIN CHAPMAN JPS LOTUS | £22.48 | |
| SIGNED NIGEL MANSELL ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH FOTO AUTOGRAPH COLIN CHAPMAN JPS LOTUS | £22.48 | |
