Autographs of Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Truman subsequently implemented the Marshall Plan in the aftermath of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. A member of the Democratic Party, he proposed numerous New Deal coalition liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the United States Congress.
Born in Lamar, Missouri, Truman was raised in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I, he fought in France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and was elected as a judge of Jackson County in 1922. Truman was elected to the U.S. Senate for Missouri in 1934. Between 1940 and 1944, he gained national prominence as the chairman of the Truman Committee, which aimed to reduce waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts. Truman was elected vice president in the 1944 presidential election and became president upon Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Only then was he told about the ongoing Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb. Truman authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Truman's administration engaged in an internationalist foreign policy by working closely with Britain. Truman staunchly denounced isolationism. He energized the New Deal coalition during the 1948 presidential election, despite some Democrats splitting off into the Dixiecrats, and defeated both the Republican Party nominee Thomas E. Dewey and Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. Truman presided over the onset of the Cold War in 1947. He oversaw the Berlin Airlift and the Marshall Plan in 1948. With America's involvement in the Korean War (1950–1953), South Korea repelled the invasion by North Korea. Domestically, the postwar economic challenges such as strikes and inflation created a mixed reaction over the effectiveness of his administration. In 1948, he proposed that Congress should pass comprehensive civil rights legislation. Congress refused, so Truman issued Executive Order 9980 and Executive Order 9981, which prohibited discrimination in agencies of the federal government and desegregated the United States Armed Forces.
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Current items with a signature of Harry S. Truman
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Traded items with a signature of Harry S. Truman
The most expensive item with a signature of Harry S. Truman (Harry S Truman / MEMOIRS YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE Inscribed Limited Signed 1st ed) was sold in November 2025 for £3,006.61 while the cheapest item (HARRY S TRUMAN Signed Photograph - former US President) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2014. The month with the most items sold (5) was March 2025 with an average selling price of £27.05 for an autographed item of Harry S. Truman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £1,120.09 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2014. In average, an autographed item from Harry S. Truman is worth £110.00.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Harry S. Truman "Gag Citation" Document Signed as President - Truly Unique | £716.28 |  |
| Harry S. Truman "Gag Citation" Document Signed as President - Truly Unique | £716.28 | |
 | HARRY S. TRUMAN 1934 HANDSTAMPED-SIGNED CHECK AS PRESIDING OVER JACKSON CTY MO | £45.51 | |
| HARRY S. TRUMAN 1934 HANDSTAMPED-SIGNED CHECK AS PRESIDING OVER JACKSON CTY MO | £45.51 | |
| Harry S. Truman 1945 Typed Letter Signed as President - To His Nephew - "Uncle" | £710.25 | |
| Harry S. Truman 1945 Typed Letter Signed as President - To His Nephew - "Uncle" | £710.25 | |
| Harry S. Truman 1948 Typed Letter Signed as President - White House Stationery | £384.69 | |
| Harry S. Truman 1948 Typed Letter Signed as President - White House Stationery | £384.69 | |
| Harry S. Truman 1949 Typed Letter Signed as President - White House Stationery | £392.61 | |
 | Harry S. Truman Signed Ticket To The 1958 Jackson-Jefferson Dinner in Seattle | £265.69 | |
| Harry S. Truman Signed Ticket To The 1958 Jackson-Jefferson Dinner in Seattle | £265.69 | |
 | Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President – To Basil O'Connor - Red Cross | £1,140.81 | |
| Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President – To Basil O'Connor - Red Cross | £1,140.81 | |
| Photo - PORTRAIT President Harry S Truman - SIGNED by Artist LARRY PENDLETON | £84.66 | |
| Photo - PORTRAIT President Harry S Truman - SIGNED by Artist LARRY PENDLETON | £84.66 | |
