Autographs of Rudolf Caracciola

Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959) was a German racing driver. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times. He also won the European Hillclimbing Championship three times – twice in sports cars, and once in Grand Prix cars. Caracciola raced for Mercedes-Benz during their original dominating Silver Arrows period, named after the silver colour of the cars, and set speed records for the firm. He was affectionately dubbed Caratsch by the German public, and was known by the title of Regenmeister, or "Rainmaster", for his prowess in wet conditions.
Caracciola began racing while he was working as apprentice at the Fafnir automobile factory in Aachen during the early 1920s, first on motorcycles and then in cars. Racing for Mercedes-Benz, he won his first two Hillclimbing Championships in 1930 and 1931, and moved to Alfa Romeo for 1932, where he won the Hillclimbing Championship for the third time. In 1933, he established the privateer team Scuderia C.C. with his fellow driver Louis Chiron, but a crash in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix left him with multiple fractures of his right thigh, which ruled him out of racing for more than a year. He returned to the newly reformed Mercedes-Benz racing team in 1934, with whom he won three European Championships, in 1935, 1937 and 1938. Like most German racing drivers in the 1930s, Caracciola was a member of the Nazi paramilitary group National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK), but never a member of the Nazi Party. He returned to racing after the Second World War, but crashed in qualifying for the 1946 Indianapolis 500. A second comeback in 1952 was halted by another crash, in a sports car race in Switzerland.
After he retired, Caracciola worked as a Mercedes-Benz salesman targeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops stationed in Europe. He died in the German city of Kassel, after suffering liver failure. He was buried in Switzerland, where he had lived since the early 1930s. He is remembered as one of the greatest pre-1939 Grand Prix drivers, a perfectionist who excelled in all conditions. His record of six German Grand Prix wins remains unbeaten.
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Current items with a signature of Rudolf Caracciola

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	SIGNED RUDOLF CARACCIOLA MERCEDES GP TEAM 1930s AUTOGRAPH CARD PHOTO SIGNATURE	£298.20

Traded items with a signature of Rudolf Caracciola

The most expensive item with a signature of Rudolf Caracciola (RUDOLF CARACCIOLA AUTOGRAPH SIGNED NURBURGRING ROSS POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH MERCEDES) was sold in March 2016 for £400.00 while the cheapest item (RUDOLF CARACCIOLA - signed photo print 5x7) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2014 with an average selling price of £40.00 for an autographed item of Rudolf Caracciola. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2016 with £400.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Rudolf Caracciola is worth £93.00.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1935 Mercedes-Benz Period Portrait Photograph - SIGNED BY RUDOLF CARACCIOLA	£215.00
	Autographed postcard Rudolf Caracciola 30s Mercedes racing driver Silver Arrows	£76.00
	F1 Rudolf Caracciola signed white card	£247.00
	Roland Holt: Rudolf Caracciola - signed, limited edition	£23.89
	RUDOLF CARACCIOLA (European Drivers Champion), original SIGNED postcard, RARE!	£93.00
	RUDOLF CARACCIOLA - Signed B/W photo with career highlights on the reverse	£380.00
	RUDOLF CARACCIOLA - signed photo print 5x7	£0.99
	Rudolf Caracciola 1930's Mercedes Benz Portrait Signed Vintage Postcard 1	£250.00
	Rudolf Caracciola 1930's Mercedes Benz Portrait Signed Vintage Postcard 2	£200.00
	RUDOLF CARACCIOLA AUTOGRAPH SIGNED NURBURGRING ROSS POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH MERCEDES	£400.00
	Rudolf Caracciola Autographed Card & Automobile Quarterly in Good Condition !	£57.48
	Rudolf Caracciola Former Mercedes F1 Driver 100% Hand Signed Framed Photo & COA	£399.00
	RUDOLF CARACCIOLA SIGNED BOOK	£155.00
	SIGNED RUDOLF CARACCIOLA MERCEDES GP TEAM 1930s AUTOGRAPH CARD PHOTO SIGNATURE	£278.20
	SIGNED RUDOLF CARACCIOLA MERCEDES GP TEAM 1938 AUTOGRAPH CARD PHOTO & ENVELOPE	£353.20