Autographs of David Essex
David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On".
Essex has also had an extensive career as an actor, which includes a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for the film That'll Be the Day (1973) and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical for Evita in 1978.
Essex was born in Plaistow, Essex (now an area in the London Borough of Newham, included within Greater London) on 23 July 1947. His father, Albert, was an East End docker and his mother, Olive (née Kemp), was a self-taught pianist and an Irish Traveller. His grandfather, Thomas Kemp, was nicknamed "Philimore", which was the anglicised version of "Philly Mor" – being Irish for "Big Philly". Essex was two years old when his parents moved out of the overcrowded home the family was sharing with relatives, to Canning Town where he grew up.
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Traded items with a signature of David Essex
The most expensive item with a signature of David Essex (Christopher Timothy / David Essex Cast Signed Script (All The Fun Of The Fair)) was sold in August 2013 for £203.56 while the cheapest item (DAVID ESSEX HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH! SMALL POSTCARD SIZE.) found a new owner for £0.49 in October 2018. The month with the most items sold (8) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £2.86 for an autographed item of David Essex. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £37.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.65 was September 2014. In average, an autographed item from David Essex is worth £5.26.
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