Autographs of Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of her spaceflight, she remains the youngest woman to have flown in space under the international definition of 100 km altitude, and the youngest woman to fly in Earth orbit.
Before her selection for the Soviet space programme, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateur skydiver. She joined the Air Force as part of the Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after completing her training. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space programme as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and re-qualified for spaceflight, but never went to space again. She retired from the Air Force in 1997 having attained the rank of major general.
Tereshkova was a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices including being a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1974 to 1989. She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union but twice lost elections to the national State Duma in 1995 and 2003. Tereshkova was later elected in 2008 to her regional parliament, the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma. In 2011, she was elected to the national State Duma as a member of the ruling United Russia party and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021.
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Traded items with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova
The most expensive item with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova (Valentina Tereshkova "USSR 1st Woman in Space" Signed Rookie Card Auto (RC) PSA) was sold in March 2025 for £2,472.97 while the cheapest item (VALENTINA TERESHKOVA,Russian cosmonaut, A4 hand signed photo) found a new owner for £5.25 in December 2019. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2019 with an average selling price of £5.25 for an autographed item of Valentina Tereshkova. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £1,333.23 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.25 was November 2019. In average, an autographed item from Valentina Tereshkova is worth £50.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1991 SPACE First Day Cover CERTIFIED SIGNED VALENTINA TERESHKOVA | £14.99 |  |
| Hand Signed 7x5 photo VALENTINA TERESHKOVA First Woman In Space Gagarin + my COA | £125.00 | |
| Hand Signed 8x10 photo VALENTINA TERESHKOVA First Woman In Space Gagarin +my COA | £125.00 | |
| hand signed autographed photos 10x8 by Valentina Tereshkova Vostok 6 | £193.49 | |
 | VALENTINA TERESHKOVA SIGNED RUSSIAN POST CARD UACC AFTAL SPACE AUTOGRAPH | £124.98 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova "USSR 1st Woman in Space" Signed Rookie Card Auto (RC) PSA | £2,472.97 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova & Valerie Bykovski Signed Photo And COA | £65.00 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova & Valery Bykovsky signed 10x8 Photo - Slight Damage - Space | £60.00 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA & VALERY BYKOVSKY SIGNED KNIGA POSTAL COVER VOSTOK 5 6 | £79.99 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA (1st woman in space) Russian cosmonaut, Signed Photograph | £37.00 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova signed photo - First Woman In Space - Autograph | £80.00 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova signed photo - First Woman In Space - Autograph | £80.00 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA SIGNED YURI GAGARIN POSTAL COVER UACC & AFTAL RD AUTOGRAPH | £99.99 | |
 | Valentina Tereshkova, Signed Photo, True 1960's Autograph, Space Collectible. | £11.90 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA. COSMONAUT. AUTOGRAPH. FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE | £38.76 | |
