Autographs of Sam Costa
Samuel Gabriel Costa (17 June 1910 – 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the dance band era and a comic actor on the show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, he was later a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg and the BBC.
Costa was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of journalist Gabriel Costa and Annie (née Sawer), and was of Sephardic Jewish-Portuguese ancestry – Costa is a Jewish, and non-Jewish, Portuguese surname.
Sam Costa began his career as a pianist with Bert Firman's band. He later became a popular British dance band singer in the 1930s making many records with bands such as Jack Jackson, Lew Stone, Harry Leader, Maurice Winnick and Jay Wilbur. After his crooning days, his BBC radio career began in 1939 with the It's That Man Again (ITMA) shows with Tommy Handley, in which he took the part of Lemuel the office boy. He then worked with Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch and Maurice Denham in Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh.
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Traded items with a signature of Sam Costa
The most expensive item with a signature of Sam Costa (Sam Costa - Comedy Signed Letter - Much Binding In The Marsh - Rev. Wappat) was sold in May 2025 for £45.02 while the cheapest item (Brilliant Harmonica Player RONALD CHESNEY signed also SAM COSTA) found a new owner for £0.95 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2014 with an average selling price of £3.74 for an autographed item of Sam Costa. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2018 with £14.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Sam Costa is worth £2.89.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Sam Costa were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1910-1981 SAM COSTA, glossy b/w promo photograph, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £1.99 |  |
| MARION RYAN / RAY ELLINGTON / SAM COSTA personally signed autographs | £14.00 | |
| Sam Costa English Entertainer 1910 - 1981 , Original 10 x 8 Signature Piece | £12.20 | |
| SAM COSTA (1910-1981) Singer & DJ - Much Binding In The Marsh etc Signed page | £0.99 | |
| SAM COSTA (1910-1981) Singer & DJ - Much Binding In The Marsh etc Signed PIC | £2.50 | |
| SAM COSTA (1910-1981) Singer & DJ - Much Binding In The Marsh etc Signed PIC | £2.55 | |
| SAM COSTA (1910-1981) Singer & Radio Presenter Housewives Choice etc Signed pic | £1.49 | |
| SAM COSTA , 1930s BAND SINGER, RADIO DJ RARE HAND SIGNED SMALL PHOTO | £7.00 | |
| SAM COSTA - DANCE BAND SINGER - EXCELLENT SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £1.00 | |
| Sam Costa - Singer - Original Hand Signed Mounted Autograph | £3.95 | |
| SAM COSTA / GLEN MASON - MUSICAL ENTERTAINERS - SIGNED VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE | £5.96 | |
| SAM COSTA Genuine Autograph. COA. | £1.75 | |
| Sam Costa Original Signed Autograph Photo Signature Card | £9.20 | |
| Sam Costa signed autograph album page British dance band era singer BBC radio DJ | £7.99 | |
| Sam Costa signed autograph book page British dance band era Singer BBC Radio DJ | £9.99 | |
