Bob Keeshan Autographs

Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
Robert James Keeshan was born to Irish parents in Lynbrook, New York. After an early graduation in 1945 from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, but was still in the United States when Japan surrendered. He attended Fordham University on the GI Bill. He received his bachelor's degree in education in 1951.
An urban legend claims that actor Lee Marvin said on The Tonight Show that he had fought alongside Keeshan at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Over time, this legend has been published verbatim. Other legends had compounded on it, such that Keeshan was a trained killer, that he was awarded the Navy Cross, that he was a tough sergeant who saved the lives of dozens of men and women in the war, and that he destroyed a German tank in action in North Africa (an apparent confusion with a similarly named British soldier). However, Marvin never made the statement (he never served in Iwo Jima, but was wounded during the Battle of Saipan). Keeshan never saw combat in Europe or Japan, having enlisted too late to serve overseas. The Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C, still receives calls asking for verification of Keeshan's "heroic" war service. Keeshan continuously dispelled the rumors.
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Traded items with a signature of Bob Keeshan

The most expensive item with a signature of Bob Keeshan (Bob Keeshan Captain Kangaroo Matted Photo Hand Signed Autograph JSA COA) was sold in November 2025 for $550.00 while the cheapest item (SIGNED PHOTO of Bob Keeshan (aka CAPTAIN KANGAROO)) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2019 with an average selling price of $11.25 for an autographed item of Bob Keeshan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2024 with $125.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was October 2019. In average, an autographed item from Bob Keeshan is worth $31.50.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Bob Keeshan were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 3x5 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$25.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 3x5 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$25.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 3x5 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$25.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 3x5 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$25.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 4x6 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$38.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 4x6 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$38.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 4x6 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$38.00
	Bob Keeshan - Signed Autograph 4x6 Index Card - Captain Kangaroo	$38.00
	BOB KEESHAN- CAPT. KANGAROO AUTOGRAPHED BLACK AND WHITE 8X10- JSA CERTIFIED!!	$57.99
	BOB KEESHAN- CAPT. KANGAROO AUTOGRAPHED BLACK AND WHITE 8X10- JSA CERTIFIED!!	$57.99
	BOB KEESHAN- CAPT. KANGAROO AUTOGRAPHED BLACK AND WHITE 8X10- JSA CERTIFIED!!	$57.99
	BOB KEESHAN- CAPT. KANGAROO AUTOGRAPHED BLACK AND WHITE 8X10- JSA CERTIFIED!!	$57.99
	CAPTAIN KANGAROO (Bob Keeshan) (+2004) - Children's TV Host - Autograph	$14.99
	CAPTAIN KANGAROO (Bob Keeshan) (+2004) - Children's TV Host - Autograph	$14.99
	CAPTAIN KANGAROO (Bob Keeshan) (+2004) - Children's TV Host - Autograph	$14.99