Burl Ives Autographs
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades.
Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". Ives was also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. His film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as the role of Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the film noir Day of the Outlaw (1959).
Ives is often associated with the Christmas season. He did voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives also worked on the special's soundtrack, including the songs "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", both of which continue to chart annually on the Billboard holiday charts into the 2020s.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Burl Ives (Burl Ives Rare Signed College Yearbook 1929 Christmas ? Icon) was sold in January 2026 for $916.00 while the cheapest item (Burl Ives signed photo 5x7 B/W) found a new owner for $1.99 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (5) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $94.98 for an autographed item of Burl Ives. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2024 with $125.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.25 was June 2022. In average, an autographed item from Burl Ives is worth $35.00.
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