Walter William "Max" Bygraves OBE (16 October 1922 – 31 August 2012) (adopted in honour of Max Miller) was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty Royal Variety Performance appearances and presented numerous programmes, including Family Fortunes between 1983 and 1985. His catchphrase "I wanna tell you a story" became an integral part of his act, although it had originated with comedian Mike Yarwood impersonating Bygraves. More about Max Bygraves
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Bygraves was born to Henry and Lillian (née McDonnell) Bygraves (who wed in 1919) in Rotherhithe in London, where he grew up in a two-room council flat in Park Buildings, Paradise Street with his five siblings, his parents and a grandparent. His father was a professional flyweight boxer, known as Battling Tom Smith, and a casual dockworker. Brought up Catholic, he attended St Joseph's School, Paradise Street, Rotherhithe, and sang with his school choir at Westminster Cathedral.In total, we tracked 138 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Max Bygraves (ROGER DELGADO DR WHO & MAX BYGRAVES AUTHENTIC SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE UACC) was sold in June 2013 for £410.00 while the cheapest item (Vintage signed photograph of Max Bygraves from 1958 - 25p start) found a new owner for £0.25 in March 2018. The month with the most items sold (17) was September 2012 with an average selling price of £5.50 for an autographed item of Max Bygraves. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2023 with £19.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2020. In average, an autographed item from Max Bygraves is worth £4.99.
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4 x Max Bygraves Vinyl Record LP Bundle Sing Along + Signed Book After Thoughts | £9.99 | ||
AUTOGRAPH MAX BYGRAVES HAND SIGNED ALBUM PAGE FROM 1951 | £1.99 | ||
CHRISTMAS first day cover 1993 CERTIFIED SIGNED MAX BYGRAVES | £6.99 | ||
GENUINE MAX BYGRAVES AUTOGRAPH in VINTAGE BOOK c.1961 | £3.25 | ||
Job Lot Shellac 6 records, 2 signed (Max Bygraves +1) in Folder | £19.75 | ||
MAX BYGRAVES , SINGER AND ENTERTAINER ,AUTOGRAPH AND HIPPODROME PROGRAMME | £5.00 | ||
MAX BYGRAVES - LINGALONGAMAX Vinyl Record (1978) + Lyric Sheet - HAND SIGNED | £2.50 | ||
Max Bygraves - Original Hand Signed Autograph | £2.00 | ||
Max Bygraves - Signed Autograph | £4.99 | ||
Max Bygraves - The Best Of Max Bygraves. Autographed Aussie 20 Track 12 LP | £2.29 |