Bennett Cerf
Bennett Cerf was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his weekly television appearances for 16 years on the panel game show What's My Line?
- Origin
- Born 1898 in Manhattan, United States · Died 1971
- Associated with
- Random House
- Studied at
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Townsend Harris High School
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Bennett Cerf autograph value
Data collected from: Jun 2026 to Jul 2026We have recorded 2 sales of Bennett Cerf memorabilia between Jun 2026 and Jul 2026. The median sale is $83 and the average is $83; the highest recorded sale is $90. 2 sales have closed in the last 90 days.
Median sale
$83
midpoint of all 2 sales
Average sale
$83
mean of all 2 sales
Sold in last 90 days
2
$165 of turnover
Highest sale
$90
across all 2 sales
1 of these 2 sales closed through an accepted Best Offer, where eBay publishes the listing price rather than the amount paid. Those figures are upper bounds, so the median and the average above read a little high.
- Source completed eBay listings, archived daily
- Floor sales of $50 and up; sweeps search from $75
- * best offer accepted. eBay shows the listing price, not the amount paid
Recent Bennett Cerf sales
2 most recent of 2| Sold date | Item | Price | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | CERF, Bennett. Bennett Cerf’s Out on A Limerick. Harper & Brothers, 1960. SIGNED2026-07-18 | $75.00* | Signatures & autographs |
| 2026-06-09 | BENNETT CERF’S THE LIFE OF THE PARTY FIRST EDITION RARE SIGNED BY CERF’S RARE S2026-06-09 | $90.00 | Signed & first-edition books |