Jimmy Durante Autographs
James Francis Durante (/dəˈrænti/ də-RAN-tee, Italian: ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz, meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname.
Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (née Lentino) and Bartolomeo Durante, both immigrants from Salerno, Campania, Italy. Bartolomeo was a barber. Durante served as an altar boy at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church, known as the Actor's Chapel.
Durante dropped out of school in seventh grade to become a full-time ragtime pianist. He played in piano bars under the name "Ragtime Jimmy" before he joined one of the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band. Durante was the only member not from New Orleans. His routine of breaking into a song to deliver a joke, with band or orchestra chord punctuation after each line, became a Durante trademark. In 1920 the group was renamed Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band.
Read more about Jimmy Durante on Wikipedia
Affiliate disclosure: When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Current items with a signature of Jimmy Durante
These are the most current items with a signature of Jimmy Durante that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
Traded items with a signature of Jimmy Durante
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Durante (Jimmy Durante vintage signed autograph & photo PSA/DNA) was sold in June 2008 for $1,250.00 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Durante (1) 1956 hand signed letter COA from Heritage Auction House) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2011 with an average selling price of $19.97 for an autographed item of Jimmy Durante. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2018 with $249.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2009. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Durante is worth $20.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy Durante were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1952 Jimmy Durante Autograph on Humorous Book The Candidate Filled w/ Photos | $42.00 |  |
| 1952 Jimmy Durante Autograph on Humorous Book The Candidate Filled w/ Photos | $42.00 | |
 | Autographed 9x7 Show Flyer Actor Comedian Jimmy Durante the schnozzola | $39.99 | |
| Autographed 9x7 Show Flyer Actor Comedian Jimmy Durante the schnozzola | $39.99 | |
 | Jimmy Durante Autographed 8x10 Photo Hollywood Actor Singer Comedian JSA | $63.99 | |
| Jimmy Durante Autographed 8x10 Photo Hollywood Actor Singer Comedian JSA | $63.99 | |
 | Jimmy Durante d1980 signed autographed auto 6x9 Letter American Comedian & Actor | $74.95 | |
| Jimmy Durante d1980 signed autographed auto 6x9 Letter American Comedian & Actor | $74.95 | |
| Jimmy Durante signed letter with envelope | $24.00 | |
| Jimmy Durante signed letter with envelope | $24.00 | |
| Jimmy Durante SIGNED Schnozzola: Gene Fowler's Story of Durante - 1951 Hardcover | $39.99 | |
| Jimmy Durante SIGNED Schnozzola: Gene Fowler's Story of Durante - 1951 Hardcover | $39.99 | |
| Photograph 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm.Jimmy Durante. Autograph ? American Actor, Comedian | $6.10 | |
 | Schnozzola Story Of Jimmy Durante Signed | $18.00 | |
| Schnozzola Story Of Jimmy Durante Signed | $18.00 | |
Latest News about Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (TV Series 1969–1970) (NULL): With Jimmy Durante, The Lennon Sisters, Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra, Dianne Lennon. Comedy/variety show co-hosted by the eponymous Lennon Sisters and Jimmy Durante. This family-oriented variety series tried hard, but high budgets, top-name guests, and the obviously sincere efforts of everyone in 
