Lon Chaney Autographs
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
Leonidas Frank Chaney was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Frank H. Chaney (a barber) and Emma Alice Kennedy. His father was of English and French ancestry, and his mother was of Scottish, English, and Irish descent. Chaney's maternal grandfather, Jonathan Ralston Kennedy, founded the "Colorado School for the Education of Mutes" (now Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind) in 1874, and Chaney's parents met there. His great-grandfather was congressman John Chaney from Ohio.
Both of Chaney's parents were deaf and, as a child of deaf adults, Chaney became skilled in American Sign Language. He entered a stage career in 1902, and began traveling with popular vaudeville and theater acts. In 1905, Chaney, then 22, met and married 16-year-old singer Cleva Creighton (Frances Cleveland Creighton) and in 1906, their only child, a son, Creighton Tull Chaney (later known as Lon Chaney Jr.) was born. The Chaneys continued touring, settling in California in 1910.
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Current items with a signature of Lon Chaney
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Traded items with a signature of Lon Chaney
The most expensive item with a signature of Lon Chaney (LON CHANEY JR. (SON OF DRACULA) HAND SIGN AUTOGRAPH CARD & PHOTO (CLASSIC)) was sold in May 2025 for $120,025.00 while the cheapest item (ELYSE KNOX SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO. THE MUMMY'S TOMB. LON CHANEY. VOGUE.) found a new owner for $1.04 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (10) was November 2025 with an average selling price of $967.99 for an autographed item of Lon Chaney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2017 with $19,000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.99 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Lon Chaney is worth $308.77.
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