Sid Caesar Autographs
Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American actor, comedian and writer. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954–1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in films; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997).
Caesar was considered a "sketch comic" and actor, as opposed to a stand-up comedian. He also relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. Unlike the slapstick comedy which was standard on TV, his style was considered "avant garde" in the 1950s. He conjured up ideas and scene and used writers to flesh out the concept and create the dialogue. Among the writers who wrote for Caesar early in their careers were Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Selma Diamond, and Woody Allen. "Sid's was the show to which all comedy writers aspired. It was the place to be," said Steve Allen.
His TV shows' subjects included satires of real life events and people, and parodies of popular film genres, theater, television shows, and opera. But unlike other comedy shows at the time, the dialogue was considered sharper, funnier, and more adult-oriented. He was "best known as one of the most intelligent and provocative innovators of television comedy," who some critics called "television's Charlie Chaplin" and The New York Times refers to as the "comedian of comedians from TV's early days."
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Current items with a signature of Sid Caesar
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Traded items with a signature of Sid Caesar
The most expensive item with a signature of Sid Caesar (LUCILLE LUCY BALL - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: SID CAESAR) was sold in May 2020 for $400.00 while the cheapest item (CARL REINER SIGNED 4X6 CARD ACTOR COMEDIAN ON DICK VAN DYKE SHOW SID CAESAR SHOW) found a new owner for $0.79 in April 2017. The month with the most items sold (7) was February 2014 with an average selling price of $35.00 for an autographed item of Sid Caesar. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2024 with $104.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2010. In average, an autographed item from Sid Caesar is worth $12.75.
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