Autographs of James Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (/ˈlʌvəl/ ⓘ LUV-əl; March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
A 1952 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighters. He was deployed in the Western Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La. In January 1958, he entered a six-month test pilot training course at the Naval Air Test Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, with Class 20 and graduated at the top of the class. He was then assigned to Electronics Test, working with radar, and in 1960 he became the Navy's McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II program manager. In 1961, he became a flight instructor and safety engineering officer at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and completed Aviation Safety School at the University of Southern California.
Lovell was not selected by NASA as one of the Mercury Seven astronauts due to a temporarily high bilirubin count. He was accepted in September 1962 as one of the second group of astronauts needed for the Gemini and Apollo programs. Before Apollo, Lovell flew in space on two Gemini missions: Gemini 7 (with Borman) in 1965 and Gemini 12 in 1966. He was the first person to fly into space four times. Among the 24 astronauts who have orbited the Moon, Lovell was the earliest to make a second visit but remains the only returnee never to walk on the surface. He was a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He cowrote the 1994 book Lost Moon, on which the 1995 film Apollo 13 was based, and he was featured in a cameo appearance in the film. Lovell died in 2025, aged 97.
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Traded items with a signature of James Lovell
The most expensive item with a signature of James Lovell (Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell signed Gemini Capsule model - UACC Dealer sale) was sold in January 2019 for £599.00 while the cheapest item (James Lovell Houston We Have A Problem Beautiful Signed 7x5 Photo) found a new owner for £5.99 in October 2024. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2012 with an average selling price of £52.98 for an autographed item of James Lovell. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2019 with £599.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.99 was October 2024. In average, an autographed item from James Lovell is worth £74.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James Lovell were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | JAMES LOVELL-APOLLO 13- SIGNED PHOTO DISPLAY WITH VINTAGE LIONS BROS-COA | £74.00 |  |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES LOVELL JR.- APOLLO 13 COMMANDER - GEMINI - SIGNED POSTAL COVER | £26.00 | |
| ASTRONAUT JAMES LOVELL JR.- APOLLO 13 COMMANDER - GEMINI - SIGNED POSTAL COVER | £26.00 | |
| Easton Press Lost Moon by James Lovell SIGNED w/ COA NASA Astronaut | £240.00 | |
| Easton Press Lost Moon by James Lovell SIGNED w/ COA NASA Astronaut | £240.00 | |
| inflight photo of Gemini 12, signed by Astronaut james lovell, large format | £220.00 | |
| inflight photo of Gemini 12, signed by Astronaut james lovell, large format | £220.00 | |
| James Lovell Houston We Have A Problem Beautiful Signed 7x5 Photo | £5.99 | |
| James Lovell Houston We Have A Problem Beautiful Signed 7x5 Photo | £5.99 | |
| James Lovell Jr.-UACC Certified Autograph- 'Houston we have a Problem-Apollo 13 | £250.00 | |
| James Lovell Jr.-UACC Certified Autograph- 'Houston we have a Problem-Apollo 13 | £250.00 | |
| James Lovell – Apollo 13 Astronaut – Authentic Signature | £40.63 | |
| James Lovell – Apollo 13 Astronaut – Authentic Signature | £40.63 | |
| Jim James Lovell - Signed Photo - NASA Astronaut - Gemini - Apollo 13 | £80.00 | |
| Jim James Lovell - Signed Photo - NASA Astronaut - Gemini - Apollo 13 | £80.00 | |
