Autographs of Buster Crabbe
Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II (/ˈkræb/; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his career on the silver screen and later television. He starred in a variety of popular feature films and movie serials released between 1933 and the 1950s, portraying the top three syndicated comic-strip heroes of the 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. In 1983 Crabbe died of a heart attack in Arizona.
Crabbe was born February 7, 1908, to Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe, a real estate broker, and Lucy Agnes (née McNamara) Crabbe, in Oakland, California. He had a brother, Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe Jr. (1909–1972). Crabbe grew up in Hawaii and graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu. He then attended the University of Southern California, where he was the school's first All-American swimmer (1931) and a 1931 NCAA freestyle titlist. He also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity before graduating from USC in 1931.
Crabbe competed in two Olympic Games as a swimmer. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, he won the bronze medal for the 1,500 meters freestyle, and at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he won the gold medal for the 400 meters freestyle when he beat Jean Taris of France by a tenth of a second.
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Traded items with a signature of Buster Crabbe
The most expensive item with a signature of Buster Crabbe (BUSTER CRABBE AUTOGRAPHED 1970s VG+ Oer The Ramparts We Watched COVER ONLY NO LP) was sold in April 2025 for £157.31 while the cheapest item (BUSTER CRABBE Signed Photograph - Film Star Actor - Flash Gordon / Buck Rogers) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was August 2014 with an average selling price of £14.00 for an autographed item of Buster Crabbe. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2022 with £85.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2014. In average, an autographed item from Buster Crabbe is worth £31.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Buster Crabbe were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BUSTER CRABBE 'FLASH GORDON' HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 10x8 PHOTO | £46.00 |  |
| Buster Crabbe 'Flash Gordon'. Vintage 8x10 signed photo. | £82.00 | |
| Buster CRABBE (1908-1983) Buck Rogers Actor signed vintage Postcard Photo AFTAL | £37.88 | |
| BUSTER CRABBE (d1983) - FLASH GORDON - boldly signed card | £9.19 | |
| Buster Crabbe - Buck Rogers - Flash Gordon - Tarzan - Original HS Autograph | £39.95 | |
| BUSTER CRABBE - FLASH GORDON / BUCK ROGERS - GENUINE HAND SIGNED CARD MATTED | £39.99 | |
| Buster Crabbe Autograph Signed Photo | £85.00 | |
| Buster Crabbe signed Cheque autograph Mounted Flash Gordon Hollywood | £34.99 | |
| Buster Crabbe vintage signed Bank Cheque / Check AFTAL#145 | £74.99 | |
| Buster Crabbe vintage signed card AFTAL#145 | £53.00 | |
| Buster Crabbe. Flash Gordon Genuine Signed Autograph 12 x 16 Photo Display | £11.50 | |
| Charles Middleton Buster Crabbe Jean Rogers Flash Gordon Signed 7x5 Photo | £5.99 | |
| Signed Buster Crabbe Photograph (Flash Gordon) | £80.00 | |
| TARZAN- FLASH GORDON Autographed LARRY 'BUSTER' CRABBE 8x10 vintage photo C.O.A | £65.00 | |
| Vintage Buster Crabbe Autograph ( Flash Gordon ) | £35.00 | |
