Joe Barbera Autographs
Joseph Roland Barbera (/bɑːrˈbɛərə/ bar-BAIR-ə; Italian: ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist. He co-founded the animation studio Hanna-Barbera alongside William Hanna.
Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera hesitantly joined Van Beuren Studios in 1932 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937, he moved to California, and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry.
In 1957, after MGM dissolved its animation department, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Top Cat, The Smurfs, Huckleberry Hound, and The Jetsons. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company. In 1991, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
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Traded items with a signature of Joe Barbera
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Barbera (Anchors Aweigh cel signed Bill Hanna Joe Barbera Gene Kelly MGM 50th Anniversary) was sold in January 2026 for $3,150.00 while the cheapest item (Legendary Animator JOE BARBERA Signed Index Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2008. The month with the most items sold (6) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $124.99 for an autographed item of Joe Barbera. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with $1,295.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.00 was June 2010. In average, an autographed item from Joe Barbera is worth $56.27.
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