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FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Jim Thorpe autograph that is for sale, please email [email protected] or call the Nate D. Sanders Auction House (http://www.NateDSanders.com) office at (310) 440-2982.

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Jim Thorpe is one of the most adept and multi-faceted athletes in history. He won two gold Olympic medals at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. He also played football, basketball, and baseball professionally. As a Native American, he was an advocate for his culture and people. Following his sports career, he founded a casting company to influence Hollywood studios to cast Native Americans to portray those roles in television and film. Thorpe’s life was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the movie “Jim Thorpe – All-American”.

We sold the following Jim Thorpe autographed items:

Jim Thorpe Lot of Three Signed Items, Including a Rare Signed Photo — Considered One of the Greatest Athletes of All Time, Thorpe Was the First Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal for the US
Rare trio of signed items by Jim Thorpe, considered one of the greatest all-around athletes in history. In addition to playing professional football for the New York Giants and other teams, Thorpe was also a professional baseball and basketball player, and won two gold medals in pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympic games. He was in fact the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Lot includes (1) Jim Thorpe signed 3.5” x 5” glossy photo, inscribed to the son of Henry ”Heinie” Benkert, fellow Giants teammate who Thorpe lived with briefly in the early 1940s. Thorpe writes, ”4/11/42 / To Henry Paul / Keep your chin up when things go wrong / With very best wishes / Jim Thorpe”. Photo is mounted to board. Some creasing, overall very good condition. (2) Collage of athletes’ photos and signatures, including a photo of Jim Thorpe with his signature underneath, ”Jim Thorpe / 1942”. Document measures 13.75” x 11”. Verso has Henry Benkert’s name and address, along with his alma mater of Rutgers, and a Rutgers ribbon pinned to document; Benkert was a coach on the Rutgers football team in the 1940s. Some chipping to document, overall good condition. (3) Document entitled ”Friends of Mine”, filled out with dates, signatures and other information. Thorpe’s signature appears at top, ”Jim Thorpe Apr 24-1942 Dearborn, Mich. Ford Plant”. Document measures 13.75” x 11”. Some toning and chipping to edges, overall very good condition. With an LOA from Henry Benkert’s grandson.
Sold for $2,750.

Jim Thorpe “Redman” Signed Rare Book

Rare Olympic champion Jim Thorpe signed copy of “Fabulous Redman: The Carlisle Indians and Their Famous Football Teams.” Also signed by book’s author, John Steckbeck of Dickinson College. Harrisburg: J. Horace McFarlane Company: 1951. Hardcover. Rare book signed on the ffep by Steckbeck in grey ink, “To Mr. Walter Siegrist / Best Wishes / John S. Steckbeck,” to which Thorpe adds in bold, black ink, “Me Too Jim Thorpe.” Jacobus Franciscus “Jim” Thorpe (also known as Wa-Tho-Huk by the Sac and Fox Nation) is universally considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, played Major League Baseball and was also an accomplished basketball player. He subsequently lost his Olympic titles when it was found he had played two seasons of minor league baseball prior to competing in the games. In 1983, 30 years after his death, Thorpe’s medals were restored. Book, measuring 6.25″ x 9.25″, chronicles the stories of Native American football teams during the sport’s 1907-13 heyday. Mild wear to black cloth boards, light toning and foxing, otherwise in near fine condition. Scarce. Sold for $1,700.

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Jim Thorpe Autograph “Redman” Rare Book. Click to enlarge.

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We also sold this Jim Thorpe autographed item:

Document Signed by 20th Century Star Athletes — Jim Thorpe, Ted Williams, Ed Macauley, Jack Sharkey & Bob Dunham — With JSA LOA

Slip signed by a diverse assortment of some of the most extraordinary sports figures of the 20th century. Baseball Hall of Famer “Ted Williams” signs, representing America’s so-called national pastime. Basketball Hall of Famer and MVP of the first All-Star game Easy Ed signs “Ed Macauley”, and fellow hoop star “Bob Dunham” of the Celtics adds his autograph. Heavyweight boxing champion “Jack Sharkey” also signs. Finally, representing football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, running, throwing, jumping, and more, is the signature of “Jim Thorpe”. The Olympic gold medalist in such events as the decathlon and pentathlon is widely considered the best all-around athlete of the century. All signatures are in blue ink on a Columbia Built Bicycles advertisement. Signed face of folded ad measures 9.5″ x 7.5″. Unfolds to an overall size of 9.5″ x 15″. Toning, else near fine. With JSA LOA. Sold for $1,226.

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Document Signed by 20th Century Star Athletes — Jim Thorpe, Ted Williams, Ed Macauley, Jack Sharkey & Bob Dunham — With JSA LOA. Click to enlarge.
Jim Thorpe autograph
JSA LOA for Document Signed by 20th Century Star Athletes — Jim Thorpe, Ted Williams, Ed Macauley, Jack Sharkey & Bob Dunham. Click to enlarge.

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