Autographs of John Garfield

John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle; March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the Group Theatre. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood, eventually becoming one of Warner Bros.' stars. He received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Four Daughters (1938) and Body and Soul (1947).
Called to testify before the U.S. Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he denied communist affiliation and refused to "name names", effectively ending his film career. Some have alleged that the stress of this persecution led to his premature death at 39 from a heart attack. Garfield is acknowledged as a predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and James Dean.
Jacob Garfinkle (Yiddish: יעקב גאַרפינקלע) was born in a small apartment on Rivington Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, to David and Hannah Garfinkle, Russian Jewish immigrants, and grew up in the heart of the Yiddish Theater District. In early infancy, a middle name—Julius—was added, and for the rest of his life those who knew him well called him Julie. His father, a clothes presser and part-time cantor, struggled to make a living and to provide even marginal comfort for his small family. When Garfield was five, his brother Max was born. Their mother never fully recovered from what was described as a "difficult" pregnancy and birth. She died two years later, and the young boys were sent to live with various relatives, all poor, scattered across the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Several of these relatives lived in tenements in a section of East Brooklyn called Brownsville, and there, Garfield lived in one house and slept in another. At school, he was judged a poor reader and speller, deficits that were aggravated by irregular attendance. He would later say of his time on the streets there, that he learned "all the meanness, all the toughness it's possible for kids to acquire."
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Traded items with a signature of John Garfield

The most expensive item with a signature of John Garfield (Joan Crawford The Signature Collection (2007) John Garfield Curtiz DVD Region 2) was sold in April 2025 for £159.99 while the cheapest item (John Garfield 1940’s Vintage Signed Promotional Photograph) found a new owner for £0.01 in March 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2020 with an average selling price of £21.43 for an autographed item of John Garfield. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2013 with £129.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.01 was March 2022. In average, an autographed item from John Garfield is worth £16.00.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	MADE ME A CRIMINAL. ACTOR: JOHN GARFIELD AUTOGRAPH PRESS PHOTOGRAPH 7 X 5ins	£19.99
	collectible John Garfield signed photograph	£50.00
	Four Daughters Body And Soul Humoresque JOHN GARFIELD died 39 hand signed page	£14.99
	Joan Crawford The Signature Collection (2007) John Garfield Curtiz DVD Region 2	£118.99
	Joan Crawford The Signature Collection (2007) John Garfield Curtiz DVD Region 2	£159.99
	Joan Crawford: The Signature Collection DVD (2009) John Garfield, Curtiz (DIR)	£6.00
	Joan Crawford: The Signature Collection DVD (2009) John Garfield, Sherman (DIR)	£6.06
	JOHN GARFIELD - US FILM, TV, STAGE ACTOR BOLD CLEAN AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE	£4.99
	John Garfield 1940’s Vintage Signed Promotional Photograph	£0.01
	John Garfield 1940’s Vintage Signed Promotional Photograph	£2.00
	JOHN GARFIELD backed with LINDA DARNELL Hand-signed 3.65” x 5.5” album page	£74.99
	John Garfield Holographic Star Of Noir Sketch Card Limited 1/5 Dr. Dunk Signed	£26.60
	John Garfield Star Of Noir Sketch Card Limited 02/30 Dr. Dunk Signed Art	£5.26
	John Garfield vintage signed page AFTAL#145	£29.50
	Signed photograph of actor John Garfield	£6.65