Autographs of John Cleland

John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent". More about John Cleland

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Current items with a signature of John Cleland

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thumbnailJOHN CLELAND BTCC legend hand signed 6x4 index card Donington Park 1998£8.00logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 12x8 Photo - Vauxhall Touring Cars Autograph 1.£24.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 12x8 Photo Touring Cars Autograph Vauxhall BTCC 2£24.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 6x4 Photo Touring Car Autograph 11£9.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Ford Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AB£17.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Ford Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AC£17.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Ford Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AD£17.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Vauxhall Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AA£17.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Volvo Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AD£17.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Volvo Photo British Touring Car Championship 12x8 AE£17.99logo
John Cleland began courting the Portuguese in a vain attempt to reestablish the Portuguese East India Company. In 1748, Cleland was arrested for an £840 debt (equivalent to a purchasing power of about £100,000 in 2005) and committed to Fleet Prison, where he remained for over a year. It was while he was in prison that Cleland finalised Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. The text probably existed in manuscript for a number of years before Cleland developed it for publication. The novel was published in two instalments, in November 1748 and February 1749. In March of that year, he was released from prison.

However, Cleland was arrested again in November 1749, along with the publishers and printer of Fanny Hill. In court, Cleland disavowed the novel and said that he could only "wish, from my Soul", that the book be "buried and forgot" (Sabor). The book was then officially withdrawn and not legally published again for over a hundred years. However, it continued to sell well in pirated editions. In March 1750, Cleland produced a highly bowdlerised version of the book, but it too was proscribed. Eventually, the prosecution against Cleland was dropped and the expurgated edition continued to sell legally. Read even more about John Cleland at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of John Cleland

In total, we tracked 129 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of John Cleland (RARE Signed John Cleland 95 BTCC Vauxhall Cavalier Framed Limited Edition Print) was sold in June 2020 for £75.00 while the cheapest item (AUTOGRAPHS TOURING CARS JOHN CLELAND & WILL HOY HAND SIGNED 7x5 COL PHOTOS) found a new owner for £0.99 in October 2021. The month with the most items sold (6) was November 2014 with an average selling price of £10.00 for an autographed item of John Cleland. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2020 with £75.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.20 was June 2014. In average, an autographed item from John Cleland is worth £10.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of John Cleland were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

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thumbnail3.5 x 2.5 WHITE AUTOGRAPH CARD HAND SIGNED BY JOHN CLELAND - MOTORSPORT£5.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Btcc Signed Print Ltd Edition£49.95logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Genuine Signed & Framed 380x210 Display BTCC Vauxhall Silverstone£20.00logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Genuine Signed A4 Mounted Photo Porsche Carrera Cup Knockhill BTCC£10.00logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 12x8 Photo Touring Cars Autograph Vauxhall BTCC£24.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 12x8 Photo Touring Cars Autograph Vauxhall BTCC 1£24.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 6x4 Photo Touring Car Autograph 10£9.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed 6x4 Photo Touring Car Autograph 9£9.99logo
thumbnailJohn Cleland Hand Signed Limited Edition Touring Cars Autograph Framed Print £25.00logo
thumbnailTim Harvey , Will Hoy & John Cleland Genuine Signed A4 Display£5.00logo