John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism, and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. More about John Williams
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Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images (1972), and The Long Goodbye (1973). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Original Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004).In total, we tracked 261 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Williams (Butcher's Crossing Signed First Edition First Printing John Williams Stoner) was sold in February 2023 for £1262.73 while the cheapest item (JOHN WILLIAMS AUTOGRAPH PHOTO - COMPOSER HAND SIGNED) found a new owner for £0.01 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (12) was November 2018 with an average selling price of £19.39 for an autographed item of John Williams. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2023 with £440.56 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from John Williams is worth £16.53.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Williams were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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10x8 Photo Personally Autographed by John Williams & COA | £12.50 | ||
A fantastic 10x8 Autographed Photo of John Williams & CoA | £11.50 | ||
Augustus John Williams Signed First Edition, Stoner, Butcher's Crossing | £864.60 | ||
Butcher's Crossing Signed First Edition, First Printing, John Williams, Stoner | £946.08 | ||
Honest John Williams U.S. Senator from Delaware Carol E. Hoffecker Signed | £27.35 | ||
James Bond, Star Wars etc Composer JOHN WILLIAMS INK Signed as Conductor 5X7 PIC | £75.00 | ||
RARE JOHN WILLIAMS Augustus SIGNED U.K. HC 1973 STONER author! | £668.16 | ||
Signed THE RITZ LONDON - THE COOKBOOK - JOHN WILLIAMS Hardcover - K11 | £10.50 | ||
The Book Thief. Autographed Music Score Page By Composer John Williams. Rare. | £499.99 | ||
The Ritz London The Cookbook by John Williams MBE Signed Hardback Book | £55.00 |