Autographs of Lon Chaney
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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Traded items with a signature of Lon Chaney
The most expensive item with a signature of Lon Chaney (The Wolf Man Universal Horror High Noon LON CHANEY JR hand signed card) was sold in April 2023 for £1,500.00 while the cheapest item (Signed photograph of Lon Chaney Junior as The Wolf man) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2016 with an average selling price of £325.00 for an autographed item of Lon Chaney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2023 with £1,500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2020. In average, an autographed item from Lon Chaney is worth £205.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lon Chaney were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | JANE ADAMS (1918-2014) House Of Dracula (w LON CHANEY) Signed Vintage pic | £7.95 |  |
| Lon Chaney Jnr 7x5 inch signed vintage photograph | £300.00 | |
| Lon Chaney Jnr Wolfman autograph | £255.00 | |
| Lon Chaney Jr Autograph w/Certificate of Authenticity Ghost of Frankenstein | £310.00 | |
| LON CHANEY JR Autograph Wolf Man Hollywood Actor | £469.22 | |
| Lon Chaney Jr signed autograph Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Mummy, Dracula | £310.00 | |
| Lon Chaney Jr vintage signed album page AFTAL | £274.99 | |
| Lon Chaney Jr vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £269.99 | |
| Lon Chaney Jr vintage signed piece AFTAL #145 | £299.99 | |
| Signed photograph of Lon Chaney Junior as The Wolf man | £0.99 | |
| Signed photograph of Lon Chaney Junior as The Wolf man | £3.00 | |
| Silents On -LILA LEE Films with Lon Chaney & ROD LA ROQUE Beau Bandit signed pic | £21.00 | |
| The Indestructible Man Photo Signed By Lon Chaney Original 1956. | £250.00 | |
| The Wolf Man Universal Horror High Noon LON CHANEY JR hand signed card | £1,500.00 | |
| Maria Ouspenskaya signed autograph The Wolf Man Lon Chaney Jr | £285.00 | |
