Jim Varney Autograph

James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns. He played Jed Clampett in a film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln". and performed the voice of Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died at age 50 of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. More about Jim Varney

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Current items with a signature of Jim Varney

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thumbnailJim Varney signed Ernest Promo Mask JSA COA Rare Inscribed KWIM Auto Z1510$499.00logo
thumbnailJIM VARNEY VINTAGE SIGNED 3X5 - ERNEST AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURE - HEY VERN!$165.00logo
Varney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. As a child, he displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significant portions of the material from books, which he used to entertain family and friends. When Varney was a boy, his mother would turn on cartoons for him to watch. His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon characters, so she started him in children's theater when he was eight years old. Varney began his interest in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School (class of 1968) in Lexington.

At the age of 15, he portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in a local theater production; by 17, he was performing professionally in nightclubs and coffee houses. Varney studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and performed in an Opryland folk show in its first year of operation, in the 1970s. He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being a mentor in his becoming an actor. When he was 24, Varney was an actor at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. The theater was adjacent to an Old West-themed village, and before the show, the audience would tour the village where apprentices would play townsfolk. Varney and the company usually played in the outdoor theater to audiences of only a few dozen people. He entertained the young apprentices by throwing knives into trees. He performed in Blithe Spirit, Boeing 707 and an original musical, Fire on the Mountain. He once jokingly threatened a long-haired apprentice, John Lino Ponzini, that he would take him up to Hazard, Kentucky, where "you wouldn't make it down Main Street without the townsfolk giving you a crewcut". Read even more about Jim Varney at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Jim Varney

In total, we tracked 111 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Varney (Jim Varney signed Toy Story Movie Promo Photo JSA COA Vintage Auto Disney B1050) was sold in March 2023 for $475.00 while the cheapest item (Jim Varney Ernest Autographed Photograph) found a new owner for $2.99 in May 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $104.51 for an autographed item of Jim Varney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with $449.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was December 2009. In average, an autographed item from Jim Varney is worth $52.99.

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

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thumbnailERNEST beverly hillbilles JIM VARNEY signed AUTOGRAPH 3102$20.50logo
thumbnailERNEST beverly hillbillies JIM VARNEY signed AUTOGRAPH 5954$23.57logo
thumbnailERNEST beverly hillbillies JIM VARNEY signed AUTOGRAPH 8559$54.00logo
thumbnailJim Varney Autographed 3x 5 Index Card Hey Vern!$145.00logo
thumbnailJim Varney Hand Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo - Ernest P. Worrell Movie TV Actor$20.50logo
thumbnailJim Varney JSA Coa Signed 8x10 Photo Ernest Autograph$299.00logo
thumbnailJIM VARNEY SIGNED 8 X 10 ERNEST GOES TO JAIL MOVIE PROMO ***RARE*** K. W. I. M.$207.00logo
thumbnailJim Varney Signed Autograph Ernest Goes To Camp VHS Rare Item$299.99logo
thumbnailJIM VARNEY VINTAGE SIGNED 3X5 - ERNEST AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURE - HEY VERN!$150.00logo
thumbnailmint ERNEST promo mask JIM VARNEY signed AUTOGRAPH 7772$125.00logo

Latest News about Jim Varney

Ernest Scared Stupid Was Released in Theaters 30 Years Ago Today (10/11/21): Jim Varney ventured into Halloween territory with the classic comedy Ernest Scared Stupid, which is now 30 years old. Go to news article

Jim Varney Doc The Importance of Being Ernest Is Fully Funded After Successful K (06/25/21): The Importance of Being Ernest aims to tell the definitive story of Jim Varney and Ernest P. Worrell, and the project has far surpassed its Kickstarter goal. Go to news article

Jim Varney Documentary The Importance of Being Ernest Launches Kickstarter Campa (06/15/21): The Importance of Being Ernest, which is currently raising funds on Kickstarter, will chronicle the life and career of Jim Varney. Go to news article