Autographs of Billy Childish
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper; 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer, and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing, and visual art. He has led and played in bands including Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk, and surf, and releasing more than 100 albums.
He is a consistent advocate for amateurism and free emotional expression. Childish co-founded the Stuckism art movement with Charles Thomson in 1999, which he left in 2001. Since then, a new evaluation of Childish's standing in the art world has been under way, culminating with the publication of a critical study of Childish's working practice by artist and writer Neal Brown, with an introduction by Peter Doig, which describes Childish as "one of the most outstanding, and often misunderstood, figures on the British art scene". He is a visiting lecturer at Rochester Independent College. In July 2014 Childish was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from the University of Kent.
He is known for his explicit and prolific work – he has detailed his love life and childhood sexual abuse, notably in his early poetry and the novels My Fault (1996), Notebooks of a Naked Youth (1997), and Sex Crimes of the Futcher (2004) – The Idiocy of Idears (2007), and in several of his songs, notably in the instrumental "Paedophile" (1992) (featuring a photograph of the man who sexually abused him on the front cover) and "Every Bit of Me" (1993). From 1981 until 1987, Childish had a relationship with artist Tracey Emin.
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Current items with a signature of Billy Childish
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Traded items with a signature of Billy Childish
The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Childish (The Idiocy of Idears by Billy Childish *Hand painted slipcase, signed *) was sold in May 2025 for £775.14 while the cheapest item (WILD BILLY CHILDISH THERE IS ONLY ME V LTD SIGNED 7" BLUE VINYL SINGLE MINT MBE) found a new owner for £2.70 in November 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2026 with an average selling price of £29.99 for an autographed item of Billy Childish. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with £571.12 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £14.99 was January 2024. In average, an autographed item from Billy Childish is worth £35.43.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Childish were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BILLY CHILDISH & THE BUFF MEDWAYS SIGNED PROMO CD SINGLE Strood Lites | £29.39 |  |
| Billy Childish - You Are All Phonies - Rare 7" Single plus signed insert | £27.82 | |
| Billy Childish - You Are All Phonies - Rare 7" Single plus signed insert | £27.82 | |
| BILLY CHILDISH WILLIAM LOVEDAY WHERE THE BLACK WATER SLID SIGNED TEST PRESSING | £104.67 | |
| BILLY CHILDISH WILLIAM LOVEDAY WHERE THE BLACK WATER SLID SIGNED TEST PRESSING | £104.67 | |
| Joe Strummer War Chest Original Billy Childish Poster signed by Paul Simonon | £571.12 | |
| Joe Strummer War Chest Original Billy Childish Poster signed by Paul Simonon | £571.12 | |
 | WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me BLUE SIGNED NO'D 7" 4/31 | £29.99 | |
| WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me BLUE SIGNED NO'D 7" 4/31 | £29.99 | |
 | WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me GREEN SIGNED NO'D 7" 6/31 | £29.99 | |
| WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me GREEN SIGNED NO'D 7" 6/31 | £29.99 | |
 | WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me RED SIGNED NO'D 7" 5/31 | £29.99 | |
| WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MBE There is only me RED SIGNED NO'D 7" 5/31 | £29.99 | |
 | Wild Billy Childish - Live in Margate - ltd ed signed DVD, poster, prints | £165.31 | |
| Wild Billy Childish - Live in Margate - ltd ed signed DVD, poster, prints | £165.31 | |
