Autographs of Teddy Brown
Teddy Brown (born Abraham Himmelbrand, 25 May 1900 – 29 April 1946) was an American entertainer and musician who spent the latter part of his life performing in Britain. His main musical instrument was the xylophone.
He first played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, but moved to the field of popular music in the late 1910s. Between 1917 and 1919, Brown played xylophone and marimba with Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra, whose recordings prominently feature his playing. At a performance with Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra at the Brunswick Hotel in Lancaster, NY, he was introduced as the leading marimba soloist of the world and played four-mallet arrangements on a Deagan Marimba-Xylophone No. 4726 accompanied by the 18 piece band. This performance inspired xylophonist Clair Omar Musser (1901-1998) so much that he took up studying the marimba with Brown's former teacher and became a marimba virtuoso himself. He was a percussionist for a time with Julius Lenzberg's Riverside Theatre Orchestra, and his later recordings were xylophone solos with Lenzberg's band on Edison Records in 1919 and 1920.
He arrived in London in 1925, with Joseph C. Smith and his Orchestra. The next year he formed his own orchestra, playing at the Café de Paris. He went on to play in other nightclubs both in London and Paris including the Kit Kat Club, often performing as a solo act, or playing xylophone with a piano accompaniment. The custom-made Besson xylophone he played had a five-octave range, one more than the normal. In 1927, the UK division of Lee de Forest's Phonofilm made a short film of Brown playing this instrument. He also played a six-octave instrument.
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Traded items with a signature of Teddy Brown
The most expensive item with a signature of Teddy Brown (TEDDY BROWN & DIANA NAPIER - ORIGINAL HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE AND PHOTO) was sold in November 2022 for £79.99 while the cheapest item (TEDDY BROWN -American Musical Entertainer + New York Philharmonic-Signed Picture) found a new owner for £0.99 in August 2015. The month with the most items sold (3) was August 2014 with an average selling price of £6.99 for an autographed item of Teddy Brown. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with £29.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.02 was May 2018. In average, an autographed item from Teddy Brown is worth £9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Teddy Brown were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 3 x 2 HAND SIGNED PAPER CLIPPING - TEDDY BROWN - XYLOPHONE PLAYER | £7.99 |  |
| 3 x 2 HAND SIGNED PAPER CLIPPING - TEDDY BROWN - XYLOPHONE PLAYER | £7.99 | |
| 3 x 2 HAND SIGNED PAPER CLIPPING - TEDDY BROWN - XYLOPHONE PLAYER | £7.99 | |
| Pre War 20 stone Xylophonist TEDDY BROWN signed 3X5 PIC | £20.00 | |
| Pre War 20 stone Xylophonist TEDDY BROWN signed 3X5 PIC | £20.00 | |
| Pre War 20 stone Xylophonist TEDDY BROWN signed 3X5 PIC | £20.00 | |
| TEDDY BROWN - AMERICAN MUSICIAN - AUTOGRAPH | £20.99 | |
| TEDDY BROWN - AMERICAN MUSICIAN - AUTOGRAPH | £20.99 | |
| TEDDY BROWN - AMERICAN MUSICIAN - AUTOGRAPH | £20.99 | |
| Teddy Brown Autographed Postcard | £12.00 | |
| Teddy Brown Autographed Postcard | £12.00 | |
| Teddy Brown Autographed Postcard | £12.00 | |
| Teddy Brown. Musician And Entertainer. Genuine Signed 7 x 9 Photo | £47.62 | |
| Teddy Brown. Musician And Entertainer. Genuine Signed 7 x 9 Photo | £47.62 | |
| Teddy Brown. Musician And Entertainer. Genuine Signed 7 x 9 Photo | £47.62 | |
