James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). More about Jim Henson
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Born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in both Leland, Mississippi and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park in collaboration with Jane Nebel, who was a senior there. A few years later the two married. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, after which he and Jane produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films. In 1958, he co-founded Muppets, Inc. with Jane; it later became The Jim Henson Company.The most expensive item with a signature of Jim Henson (JIM HENSON THE MUPPET SHOW MUPPETS SIGNED LP VINYL FRANK OZ KERMIT MISS PIGGY) was sold in January 2023 for £1750.00 while the cheapest item (Jim Henson hand signed page from old autograph book - Vintage collectible) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2013 with an average selling price of £16.55 for an autographed item of Jim Henson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with £1750.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2015. In average, an autographed item from Jim Henson is worth £49.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jim Henson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Jim Henson - Autograph - Signed Postcard | £150.00 | ||
Jim Henson - Original Hand SIgned Image - Muppets - Sesame Street - Superb! | £64.00 | ||
Jim Henson of The Muppets Signed Autograph | £49.99 | ||
JIM HENSON Signed 16x12 Photo Display THE MUPPET SHOW COA | £499.99 | ||
JIM HENSON SIGNED PIECE , THE MUPPETS | £49.00 | ||
JIM HENSON THE MUPPET SHOW MUPPETS SIGNED LP VINYL FRANK OZ KERMIT MISS PIGGY | £1750.00 | ||
Jim Henson vintage signed album page AFTAL#145 | £199.99 | ||
JIM HENSON: Original signed illustration of Kermit the Frog, Muppets Photo. COA | £64.00 | ||
THE MUPPETS creator JIM HENSON (deceased) personally signed FDC | £199.99 | ||
The Muppets JIM HENSON hand signed mount | £34.99 |