James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). More about Jim Henson
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Born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in both Leland, Mississippi and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in collaboration with Jane Nebel, who was a senior there. A few years later the two married. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, after which he and Jane produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films. In 1958, he co-founded Muppets, Inc. with Jane; it later became The Jim Henson Company.In total, we tracked 157 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Henson (1/1 ULTRA RARE JIM HENSON SIGNED INSCRIBED KERMIT THE FROG FULL JSA LOA BAS PSA) was sold in May 2021 for $9800.00 while the cheapest item (Vintage 1981 Jim Henson Seseme Street book AUTOGRAPH AUTO SIGNED COA GORGEOUS!!!) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2013. The month with the most items sold (14) was May 2020 with an average selling price of $6.72 for an autographed item of Jim Henson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2023 with $1999.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.89 was October 2020. In average, an autographed item from Jim Henson is worth $22.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jim Henson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Jim Henson hand signed Fraggle Rock vintage promo 8x10 photo 1984 RARE!! ACOA | $700.00 | ||
JIM HENSON Hand-Drawn and Signed/Autographed KERMIT THE FROG Sketch;MUPPETS | $39.99 | ||
JIM HENSON hand-signed & drawn original KERMIT THE FROG sketch;THE MUPPETS | $42.99 | ||
JIM HENSON Hand-Signed/Autographed Vintage Cut;MUPPETS,FRAGGLE ROCK,LABYRINTH | $20.50 | ||
Jim Henson Signed 8x10 Photo PSA/DNA AUTO AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH MUPPETS KERMIT BAS | $1999.00 | ||
Jim Henson Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo Beckett Authenticated BAS Muppets | $314.00 | ||
JIM HENSON SIGNED PERSONAL EMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS BALLOT 1976-77 WITH NOTATIONS | $225.00 | ||
Jim Henson's original autograph on photo of Fraggle Rock characters | $50.00 | ||
JIM HENSON(MUPPETS) SIGNED IN PERSON 1989 DISNEY MAGIC KINGDOM BROSHURE~SEE PICS | $187.49 | ||
MUPPETS JIM HENSON Hand-Signed/Autographed KERMIT THE FROG SKETCH;FRAGGLE ROCK | $39.99 |
Five Kids Movies to Stream Now (02/10/23): Our inaugural list of picks include films about a shell dealing with loneliness, an adventure from the archives of Jim Henson and a singing crocodile.
Labyrinth Returns to Theaters for 35th Anniversary in September (08/17/21): Jim Henson's Labyrinth will screen in theaters for three nights only in September in honor of the cult classic's 35th anniversary.
Jim Henson Biopic Muppet Man Is Happening at Disney (04/21/21): The Giver writer Michael Mitnick has been tapped to write the screenplay for Muppet Man, a biopic about The Muppet Show creator Jim Henson.