Joseph Manuel Alves (born May 21, 1936) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the first three films of the Jaws franchise. He directed the third installment Jaws 3-D. More about Joe Alves
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Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey supervising their physical construction in Sun Valley CA. After the sharks were completed, they were trucked to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time.In total, we tracked 53 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Alves (Richard Dreyfuss & Joe Alves Dual Signed JAWS 27x40 Full Size Poster BAS COA) was sold in August 2021 for $299.95 while the cheapest item (Joe Alves Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo Set Designer Director Jaws Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2014 with an average selling price of $15.95 for an autographed item of Joe Alves. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with $119.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.25 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Joe Alves is worth $20.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Joe Alves were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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JAWS DESIGNER & DIRECTOR JOE ALVES SIGNED SIGNATURE CARD AND SKETCH RARE | $20.00 | ||
JAWS Shark Designer Joe Alves autographed Funko POPGreat White Shark Jaws JSA. | $74.99 | ||
JOE ALVES & TED GROSSMAN Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - JAWS | $8.50 | ||
JOE ALVES & TED GROSSMAN Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - JAWS | $10.00 | ||
Joe Alves Jaws Conceptual Artwork Signed original 8x10 W/ JSA COA added shark | $109.99 | ||
Joe Alves Jaws Conceptual Artwork Signed original 8x10 W/ JSA COA added shark #7 | $119.95 | ||
Joe Alves JAWS Signed 8x10 Photo Autograph AUTO Beckett BAS COA | $13.50 | ||
Joe Alves PSA/DNA Autographed Signed Business Card Movie Jaws Designer | $89.00 | ||
Joe Alves Signed 8x10 JAWS Photo Autographed AUTO Beckett BAS COA | $39.89 | ||
Joe Alves signed autograph auto 3x5 index card JAWS Production Designer R014 | $20.00 |