Jim Varney Autograph
James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns. He played Jed Clampett in a film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln". and performed the voice of Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died at age 50 of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. More about Jim Varney
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Varney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. As a child, he displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significant portions of the material from books, which he used to entertain family and friends. When Varney was a boy, his mother would turn on cartoons for him to watch. His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon characters, so she started him in children's theater when he was eight years old. Varney began his interest in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School (class of 1968) in Lexington.
At the age of 15, he portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in a local theater production; by 17, he was performing professionally in nightclubs and coffee houses. Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and performed in an Opryland folk show in its first year of operation, in the 1970s. He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being a mentor in his becoming an actor. When he was 24, Varney was an actor at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. The theater was adjacent to an Old West-themed village, and before the show, the audience would tour the village where apprentices would play townsfolk. Varney and the company usually played in the outdoor theater to audiences of only a few dozen people. He entertained the young apprentices by throwing knives into trees. He performed in Blithe Spirit, Boeing 707 and an original musical, Fire on the Mountain. He once jokingly threatened a long-haired apprentice, John Lino Ponzini, that he would take him up to Hazard, Kentucky, where "you wouldn't make it down Main Street without the townsfolk giving you a crewcut". Read even more about Jim Varney at Wikipedia
At the age of 15, he portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in a local theater production; by 17, he was performing professionally in nightclubs and coffee houses. Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and performed in an Opryland folk show in its first year of operation, in the 1970s. He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being a mentor in his becoming an actor. When he was 24, Varney was an actor at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. The theater was adjacent to an Old West-themed village, and before the show, the audience would tour the village where apprentices would play townsfolk. Varney and the company usually played in the outdoor theater to audiences of only a few dozen people. He entertained the young apprentices by throwing knives into trees. He performed in Blithe Spirit, Boeing 707 and an original musical, Fire on the Mountain. He once jokingly threatened a long-haired apprentice, John Lino Ponzini, that he would take him up to Hazard, Kentucky, where "you wouldn't make it down Main Street without the townsfolk giving you a crewcut". Read even more about Jim Varney at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Jim Varney
The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Varney (Jim Varney signed Toy Story Movie Promo Photo JSA COA Vintage Auto Disney B1050) was sold in March 2023 for $475.00 while the cheapest item (Jim Varney Ernest Autographed Photograph) found a new owner for $2.99 in May 2010. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2019 with an average selling price of $175.00 for an autographed item of Jim Varney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2021 with $350.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.99 was May 2010. In average, an autographed item from Jim Varney is worth $40.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jim Varney were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | COMIC LEGEND Jim Varney Ernest Signed 8x10 Color Photo | $150.00 | |
| Ernest P. Worrell Book of Knawledge (Paperback, 1986) AUTOGRAPHED by Jim Varney | $119.99 | |
| Hand Signed Autograph Jim Varney Ernest | $42.00 | |
| Hand Signed Autograph Jim Varney toy story beverly hillbillies ernest | $33.55 | |
| Jim Varney DECEASED Actor Ernest films, Toy Story 1&2 Signed 3x5 Card C7754 | $14.99 | |
| Jim Varney Ernest Goes to Camp AUTOGRAPH Signed Custom Framed Display ACOA LOA | $350.00 | |
| JIM VARNEY MOVIE LEGEND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO W/COA VERY RARE L@@K | $199.99 | |
| Jim Varney Photograph Signed 8x10 | $12.50 | |
| Jim Varney signed 8x10 Photograph Scratch & Dent Uncommon Ernest | $66.65 | |
| Jim Varney Signed Cut 3x5 Card | $39.00 | |
| Producer Agreement Between Grant Boatwright And Jim Varney Signed | $61.00 | |
| RARE COMEDIAN JIM VARNEY HAND SIGNED 4X6 ERNEST POSTCARD D.2000 | $6.50 | |
| RARE JIM VARNEY SIGNED CARD AND GREAT PRINT D.2000 ERNEST MOVIES | $36.00 | |
| RARE JIM VARNEY SIGNED CARD AND GREAT PRINT D.2000 ERNEST MOVIES | $110.50 | |
| Rare Orig VTG Jim Varney Diedrich Bader Beverly Hillbillies Autographed Photo | $19.95 | |