Jim Henson Autographs
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986).
Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with classmate Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less than a year later in 1959. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics.
In 1969, Henson joined the children's educational television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. Henson revolutionized the way puppetry is captured and presented in video media, and he won fame for his characters – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The StoryTeller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989).
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Traded items with a signature of Jim Henson
The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Henson (1/1 ULTRA RARE JIM HENSON SIGNED INSCRIBED KERMIT THE FROG FULL JSA LOA BAS PSA) was sold in May 2021 for $9,800.00 while the cheapest item (Vintage 1981 Jim Henson Seseme Street book AUTOGRAPH AUTO SIGNED COA GORGEOUS!!!) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2013. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2017 with an average selling price of $187.50 for an autographed item of Jim Henson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2023 with $1,047.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.89 was July 2021. In average, an autographed item from Jim Henson is worth $99.00.
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Latest News about Jim Henson
Jim Henson's lost manuscript scores triple Eisner win (07/13/2012): One of the night's big winners -- a dead master's lost screenplay, transformed into a graphic novel The Jim Henson Company and DHX Media greenlight production on The Doozers (07/03/2012): The Jim Henson Company and DHX Media greenlight production on The Doozers Jim Henson's son to make R-rated puppet movie (06/26/2012): Brian Henson, the son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, is set to direct an R-rated movie with puppets and humans interacting. read more Jim Henson's son directing R-rated puppet film (06/26/2012): What "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" did for animated characters, Todd Berger hopes "The Happytime Murders" will do for puppets -- namely, take them off of the exclusive radar of children, and into adult storytelling. New Muppet Show: BBC One, Jim Henson Partner For New Series (06/20/2012): BBC One is at work on a new Muppet show. The series will feature a new cast of puppet characters and two celebrity guests. The celebrities will go head-to-head in a series of games run by the puppets and appear in sketches.
