Lee De Forest Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
LEE DE FOREST
Born: August 26, 1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Died: June 30, 1961 in Hollywood, California
Died: June 30, 1961 in Hollywood, California
Lee de Forest (1863-1961) patented more than 300 inventions in wireless telegraphy, radio telephony, sound-on-film talking pictures, high-speed facsimile transmission, television, radiotherapy and related areas. One of his most important inventions was the triode Audion vacuum tube (patented in 1907) that was used in radios and televisions. The inventor demonstrated his discovery on January 20, 1910 with a broadcast of a live performance from New York City's Metropolitan Opera. By inventing the three-element vacuum tube, de Forest established the technology for all future telecommunication inventions, especially radio and television. He titled his autobiography, Father of Radio, but de Forest did not generally receive that recognition.
1927 Westminster Glee Singers (Producer), 1927 Harry and Max Nesbitt (Producer), 1927 The Antidote (Producer), 1927 Syncopation and Song (Producer), 1926 Gwen Farrar (Producer), 1926 Marie Lloyd Jr. (Producer), 1926 Santa Claus (Producer), 1926 The Flat Charleston (Producer), 1926 The Whistler (Producer), 1926 Cuban Sound Documentary (Producer), 1926 Brooke Johns and Goodee Montgomery (Producer), 1925 Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators (Producer), 1925 Paul Specht Musical Number (Producer), 1925 Roger Wolfe Kahn Musical Number (Producer), 1924 President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (Producer), 1924 Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech (Producer), 1924 George Jessel (Producer), 1924 The Jubilee Four (Producer), 1923 Adolph Zukor Introduces Phonofilm (Producer), 1923 Eva Puck and Sammy White (Producer), 1923 Weber and Fields (Producer), 1923 Lillian Powell Bubble Dance (Producer), 1923 Love's Old Sweet Song (Producer), 1923 Lincoln, the Man of the People (Producer), 1923 Phonofilm (Producer), 1922 Casey at the Bat (Producer), 1921 Flying Jenny Airplane (Producer), 1927 Syncopation and Song (Director), 1926 Cuban Sound Documentary (Director), 1925 Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators (Director), 1925 Paul Specht Musical Number (Director), 1924 President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (Director), 1924 Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech (Director), 1924 George Jessel (Director), 1924 The Jubilee Four (Director), 1923 Eva Puck and Sammy White (Director), 1923 Weber and Fields (Director), 1923 Lillian Powell Bubble Dance (Director), 1923 Phonofilm (Director), 1922 Casey at the Bat (Director), 1921 Flying Jenny Airplane (Director), 1921 Flying Jenny Airplane (Cinematographer), 1927 Syncopation and Song (Cinematographer), 1926 The Flat Charleston (Cinematographer), 1925 Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators (Cinematographer), 1924 President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (Cinematographer), 1924 Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech (Cinematographer), 1924 The Jubilee Four (Cinematographer), 1923 Eva Puck and Sammy White (Cinematographer), 1923 Weber and Fields (Cinematographer), 1923 La chauve souris (Producer), 1923 La chauve souris (Director), 1928 Ain't She Sweet (Producer), 1927 Elga Collins the Versatile Entertainer (Producer), 1927 Dandy George and Rosie (Producer), 1927 Harry Shalson the Popular Entertainer (Producer), 1927 I Don't Care What You Used to Be (Producer), 1926 Alvin and Kelvin Keech (Producer), 1926 Ethel Hook (Producer), 1926 The Houston Sisters (Producer), 1926/II The Sheik of Araby (Producer), 1926 Billy Merson Singing Desdemona (Producer), 1926 The Radio Franks (Producer), 1926 Al Herman (Producer), 1924 Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech (Producer), 1923 A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (Producer), 1923 Cohen on the Telephone (Producer), 1923 Conchita Piquer (Producer), 1923 Fannie Ward (Producer), 1923 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake (Producer), 1923 Rigoletto, Act Two (Producer), 1923 Stringed Harmony (Producer), 1923 Henry Cass Demonstration Film (Producer), 1923 Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River (Producer), 1921 Barking Dog (Producer), 1926 Alvin and Kelvin Keech (Director), 1926 Ethel Hook (Director), 1924 Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech (Director), 1923 A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' (Director), 1923 Cohen on the Telephone (Director), 1923 Conchita Piquer (Director), 1923 Fannie Ward (Director), 1923 Rigoletto, Act Two (Director), 1923 Stringed Harmony (Director), 1923 Henry Cass Demonstration Film (Director), 1921 Barking Dog (Director), 1926 Alvin and Kelvin Keech (Cinematographer), 1926 Ethel Hook (Cinematographer), 1926 The Radio Franks (Cinematographer), 1924 Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech (Cinematographer), 1923 Conchita Piquer (Cinematographer), 1923 Fannie Ward (Cinematographer), 1923 Stringed Harmony (Cinematographer), 1927 Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just (Producer), 1927 Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just (Cinematographer), 1928 Mirth and Magic (Producer), 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh (Producer), 1927 The Lard Song (Producer), 1927 Arthur Roberts (Producer), 1927 Frivolous Fragments (Producer), 1927 Norah Blaney (Producer), 1927 Teddy Brown (Producer), 1927 The Actors' Squad (Producer), 1927 To See If My Dreams Come True (Producer), 1926 I Want a Pie with a Plum In (Producer), 1926 Knee Deep in Daisies (Producer), 1926/II Sweet Adeline (Producer), 1925 Swanee River (Producer), 1925 Gloria Swanson Dialogue (Producer), 1924 Abraham Lincoln (Producer), 1924 Raymond Hitchcock Sketch (Producer), 1923 A Musical Monologue (Producer), 1923 Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor (Producer), 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh (Director), 1927 To See If My Dreams Come True (Director), 1925 Gloria Swanson Dialogue (Director), 1924 Raymond Hitchcock Sketch (Director), 1923 A Musical Monologue (Director), 1923 Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor (Director), 1922 Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan (Director), 1927 Teddy Brown (Cinematographer), 1927 The Actors' Squad (Cinematographer), 1927 To See If My Dreams Come True (Cinematographer), 1925 Gloria Swanson Dialogue (Cinematographer), 1923 A Musical Monologue (Cinematographer), 1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (Other), 1923 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (Cinematographer), 1922 Lee DeForest (Cinematographer), 1922 Marie Rappold (Cinematographer), 1922 Songs of Yesterday (Cinematographer), 1922 Songs of Yesterday (in person), 1922 Lee DeForest (in person), 2007 The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (Other), 1928 Mr. George Mozart the Famous Comedian (Producer), 1928/II Almost a Gentleman (Producer), 1927 George Bernard Shaw (Producer), 1927 George Jackley, the Indignant Comedian in a Doggy Ditty (Producer), 1927 John Citizen's Lament (Producer), 1927 Mark Griver and His Scottish Revellers (Producer), 1927 Sensations of 1927 (Producer), 1926 Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic (Producer), 1926 Betty Chester the Well Known Co-Optimist Star (Producer), 1926 I Can't Take You Out of My Dreams (Producer), 1926 Julius Caesar (Producer), 1926 Nervo and Knox (Producer), 1926 The Man in the Street (Producer), 1926 Thorpe Bates (Producer), 1926 When That Yiddisher Band Played an Irish Tune (Producer), 1926 Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm (Producer), 1926 Dick Henderson (Producer), 1926 Joe Termini the Somnolent Melodist (Producer), 1926 My Old Kentucky Home (Producer), 1926 Bleak House (Producer), 1926 Jack Pearl and Ben Bard (Producer), 1925 Chauncey Depew (Producer), 1924 Five Minutes with Al Smith (Producer), 1924 John W. Davis Campaign Speech (Producer), 1924 Sonia Serova Dancers (Producer), 1923 A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch (Producer), 1923 Ben Bernie and All the Lads (Producer), 1923 Charles Ross Taggart (Producer), 1923 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (Producer), 1923 Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn (Producer), 1922 Lee DeForest (Producer), 1922 Marie Rappold (Producer), 1922 Songs of Yesterday (Producer), 1927 George Bernard Shaw (Director), 1926 Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic (Director), 1926 Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm (Director), 1926 Dick Henderson (Director), 1926 Bleak House (Director), 1926 Jack Pearl and Ben Bard (Director), 1925 Chauncey Depew (Director), 1924 Five Minutes with Al Smith (Director), 1924 John W. Davis Campaign Speech (Director), 1924 Sonia Serova Dancers (Director), 1923 A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch (Director), 1923 Ben Bernie and All the Lads (Director), 1923 Charles Ross Taggart (Director), 1923 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (Director), 1923 Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn (Director), 1922 Lee DeForest (Director), 1922 Marie Rappold (Director), 1922 Songs of Yesterday (Director), 1927 George Bernard Shaw (Cinematographer), 1926 Thorpe Bates (Cinematographer), 1926 Jack Pearl and Ben Bard (Cinematographer), 1924 Five Minutes with Al Smith (Cinematographer), 1924 John W. Davis Campaign Speech (Cinematographer), 1923 A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch (Cinematographer)
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LEE DE FOREST Signature from the inventor dated in 1924 Signature: "Lee de Forest/May 3. 1924", 3½x2¼ card. Lee de Forest patented more than 300 inventions in wireless telegraphy, radio telephony, sound-on-film talking pictures, high-speed facsimile transmission, television, radiotherapy and related areas. read more...
Sale Price $270.00
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LEE DE FOREST The vacuum tube inventor pens this letter from Los Angeles in 1931 to say that he would sign his autograph for the recipient's five sons Autograph Letter Signed "Lee de Forest.". 1 page, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, Feb. 22, 1931. read more...
Sale Price $595.00
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LEE DE FOREST He pens this rare letter of thanks for tear-sheets from the A.I.E.E. Autograph Letter Signed: "Lee de Forest", 1p, 5½x8¼. Posada Del Sol stationery, Mexico City, March 26, [1947]. Receipt stamp at bottom, "APR 3 - 1947". To Mr. Roe. read more...
Sale Price $765.00
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LEE de FOREST. ANS: "Lee de Forest", 4x3. No place, 1956 January 23. To Joe Kraus. In full: "I hope you may work in Electronics-its so absorbing!" read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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LEE de FOREST The inventor pens a note to a fan on this card Autograph Note Signed: "Lee de Forest", 1p, 7¼x6. No place, 1932 March 14. In full: "To Albert J. Wilkinson./'Yours for better Radio programs!'" 5x5 card. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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LEE DE FOREST He pens a note to a fan with good wishes Autograph Note Signed: "To Master Jimmy Timbers/With good wishes,/Lee de Forest", 4¼x1¾. Dated (unknown hand) in pencil on verso: "11-4-1940". read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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LEE DE FOREST The vacuum tube inventor signs on this card with "Thanks for good wishes" Autograph Note Signed: "Melvyn R. Jarvis./Thanks for good wishes,/Lee de Forest". Black ink notations in bottom left corner in unknown hand. 5x3 card. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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LEE DE FOREST Sentiment on a small slip, accompanied by a printed caption Autograph Sentiment Signed: "Very sincerely/Lee de Forest", 3½x1¼ affixed to 7¾x10¼. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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LEE de FOREST. Comprises: (1) TLS: "Lee de Forest", 1p, 7½x9½. Los Angeles, Calif., 1958 December 2. On his imprinted letterhead to Albert Jeffrey, Sr., Bedford, Indiana. In full: "I have just written your granddaughter (?), Ella May, and sent her a copy of my photograph - the only one I have here in the house. read more...
Sale Price $1,530.00
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LEE de FOREST He signs his support for the Bricker Amendment Document Signed: "Lee de Forest", 3¾x8½. He has signed below a typed pledge which reads, in part: "I am supporting the Bricker Amendment and urge you to do so also. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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LEE de FOREST The vacuum tube inventor signed this document in 1954 to give Ken Murray permission to photograph him and record his voice for the TV series Where Were You? Document Signed: "Lee de Forest" in blue ink. 1 page, 8½x11, on letterhead of Ken Murray Enterprises. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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LEE de FOREST The inventor inscribed this photograph to a fan with best wishes Inscribed Photograph Mount Signed: "To Albert De Pippo,/with my sincere best wishes,/Lee de Forest". B/w, 6½x9¾ overall, image 2½x3½ (two surfaces). read more...
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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LEE de FOREST Unsigned 1955 Western Union telegram from vacuum tube inventor Lee de Forest, thanking the recipient for "Your tribute to my work" Telegram unsigned. 1 page, 8x5½, on Western Union form. Date stamped April 9, 1955 in black ink. read more...
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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LEE de FOREST. Typed Letter signed: "Lee de Forest", 1p, 8½x8. New York, N.Y., 1925 May 26. On letterhead of De Forest Phonofilms to Wm. A. Temple, Des Moines, Iowa. In full: "I appreciate your kindness in sending me the little oriental poster painting, which certainly is an original line of work. read more...
Sale Price $360.00
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LEE DE FOREST Letter expressing his lack of interest for the Luzac Memorial Typed Letter Signed: "Lee de Forest", 1p, 8¼x11. De Forest Radio Telephone Co., New York, 1909 April 14. To Wm. Elliot Griffis, Ithaca, N.Y. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
$450.00
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LEE DE FOREST The inventor responds to a letter saying "I do not believe that it would be a wise use of time to get into the subject you mention in your letter ... Possibly at some later time ... I may express my views on the subject of true character and greatness. read more...
Sale Price $450.00
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The vacuum tube inventor signed this typed letter to San Francisco's Pony Express on his personalized Lee De Forest Laboratories letterhead in 1945, thanking them for letting him autograph one of his photographs read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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LEE DE FORREST The inventor sends a letter in regards to the whereabouts of a friend Typed Letter Signed: "Lee", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1956 November 29. On personal letterhead to Carl Haverlin, President, Broadcast Music, Inc., New York, N.Y. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
$450.00