Autographs of Johann Strauss

Johann Baptist Strauss II (/straʊs/; German: ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (German: Johann Strauß Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer" (Emperor Waltz), "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Frühlingsstimmen", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known.
Strauss was the son of Johann Strauss I and his first wife Maria Anna Streim. Two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss, also became composers of light music, although they were never as well known as their brother.
Strauss was born into a Catholic family in St Ulrich near Vienna (now a part of Neubau), Austria, on 25 October 1825, to the composer Johann Strauss I and his first wife, Maria Anna Streim. His paternal great-grandfather was a Hungarian Jew – a fact which the Nazis, who lionised Strauss's music as "so German", later tried to conceal. His father did not want him to become a musician but rather a banker. Nevertheless, Strauss Jr. studied the violin secretly as a child with the first violinist of his father's orchestra, Franz Amon. When his father discovered his son secretly practising on a violin one day, he gave him a severe whipping, saying that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. It seems that rather than trying to avoid a Strauss rivalry, the elder Strauss only wanted his son to escape the rigours of a musician's life. It was only when the father abandoned his family for a mistress, Emilie Trampusch , that the son was able to concentrate fully on a career as a composer with the support of his mother.
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Current items with a signature of Johann Strauss

These are the most current items with a signature of Johann Strauss that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	JOHANN STRAUSS VIENNA WALTZES AN OPERETTA IN 3 ACTS SIGNED BY MADY MESPLE LH709	£114.01
	JOHANN STRAUSS VIENNA WALTZES AN OPERETTA IN 3 ACTS SIGNED BY MADY MESPLE LH709	£114.01

Traded items with a signature of Johann Strauss

The most expensive item with a signature of Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II Autograph Musical Manuscript “The Blue Danube” Main Waltz PSA) was sold in November 2025 for £12,632.50 while the cheapest item (ANDRE RIEU- Brilliant Dutch Violinist & Composer-Johann Strauss Waltz-Signed Pic) found a new owner for £4.99 in April 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2022 with an average selling price of £72.49 for an autographed item of Johann Strauss. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £12,632.45 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £6.50 was May 2014. In average, an autographed item from Johann Strauss is worth £82.44.

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

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Andre Rieu Signed 10x8 Framed Photo Autograph Display Music Johann Strauss COA	£129.99
	Andre Rieu Signed 10x8 Framed Photo Autograph Display Music Johann Strauss COA	£129.99
	Andre Rieu Signed A4 Framed Autograph Photo Music Orchestra Johann Strauss	£129.99
	Johann Strauss II Autograph Musical Manuscript “The Blue Danube” Main Waltz PSA	£12,632.50
	Johann Strauss II Autograph Musical Manuscript “The Blue Danube” Main Waltz PSA	£12,632.50
	Johann Strauss III Conductor Hand Signed Vintage Photo Postcard	£89.89
	Johann Strauss III Conductor Hand Signed Vintage Photo Postcard	£89.89
	SIGNED ANDRE RIEU LOVE IN VENICE CONCERT PROGRAMME RARE JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA	£270.70
	SIGNED ANDRE RIEU LOVE IN VENICE CONCERT PROGRAMME RARE JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA	£270.70
	SIGNED ANDRE RIEU PHOTO RARE JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA LOVE IN VENICE VIOLINIST	£166.70
	SIGNED ANDRE RIEU PHOTO RARE JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA LOVE IN VENICE VIOLINIST	£166.70
	Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester/Boskovsky DIE SCHÖNSTEN LEHAR-WALZER Signed LP	£27.30
	Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester/Boskovsky DIE SCHÖNSTEN LEHAR-WALZER Signed LP	£27.30
	“BOB RALSTON SALUTES JOHANN STRAUSS" L.P. RECORD (1984) – NEW & AUTOGRAPHED	£48.83
	“BOB RALSTON SALUTES JOHANN STRAUSS" L.P. RECORD (1984) – NEW & AUTOGRAPHED	£48.83