Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018. More about Caroll Spinney
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Spinney was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1933, to Chester and Margaret Spinney. He had two older brothers Bruce and Glenn. His mother, a native of Bolton, England, named him Caroll despite him being male because he was born the day after Christmas. He drew and painted from childhood, and developed a love of puppeteering when he saw a performance of "Three Little Kittens" at the age of five. This motivated him to purchase a monkey puppet from a rummage sale three years later and put on a puppet show utilizing the monkey and a plush snake. The following Christmas, his mother gave him a Punch and Judy puppet theater. He continued puppeteering throughout his childhood and adolescence and used his performances to raise money for college tuition.The most expensive item with a signature of Caroll Spinney (CAROLL SPINNEY signed sketches w/ exact proof BIG BIRD and OSCAR SESAME STREET) was sold in January 2022 for $1499.99 while the cheapest item (BIG BIRD sesame street CAROLL SPINNEY autograph HAND SIGNED 1841) found a new owner for $2.99 in December 2017. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2020 with an average selling price of $59.99 for an autographed item of Caroll Spinney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with $162.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.75 was April 2017. In average, an autographed item from Caroll Spinney is worth $74.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Caroll Spinney were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Caroll Spinney , The Wisdom of Big Bird Sketch 1st Edition Print Signed | $56.35 | ||
Caroll Spinney - Big Bird - Signed Card for his Book - The WIsdom of Big BIrd | $15.00 | ||
Caroll Spinney Big Bird, Signed Card, COA, UACC RD 036 | $149.99 | ||
Caroll Spinney Signed Auto 2011 Topps Card Sesame Street Big Bird PSA Slabbed | $79.00 | ||
Caroll Spinney Signed Autograph auto BAS Beckett Slabbed ( Oscar the Grouch ) | $70.00 | ||
CAROLL SPINNEY SIGNED BIG BIRD 6 INCH FUNKO POP JSA AUTNEHTICS KK44871 | $94.01 | ||
CAROLL SPINNEY SIGNED Jim Henson Funko Signed With Jsa Coa | $100.00 | ||
Caroll Spinney Signed Sesame Street Trading Card Inscription PSA 83985670 RARE | $59.99 | ||
SESAME STREET #1 MILE HIGH VARIANT CGC 9.6 SS SIGNED CAROLL SPINNEY (BIG BIRD)! | $80.31 | ||
Sesame Street Oscar The Grouch Drawing Caroll Spinney Signed NL Baseball BAS CoA | $134.51 |