A Historic First: Choose Items from The Jim Henson Firm Together with Full-Dimension Unique Puppets from Fraggle Rock, The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance, and Extra— Provided for the First Time at Public sale
For the primary time in historical past, choose puppets, props, and memorabilia from The Jim Henson Firm—together with unique items from the enduring collection Fraggle Rock, The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance, and plenty of extra—shall be made obtainable to the general public by public sale. This momentous event gives followers and establishments an opportunity to personal a chunk of the visionary world that Jim Henson constructed.
Starting along with his first tv collection in 1955, Jim Henson innovated puppetry, tv, movie, particular results, artwork route and design, in a groundbreaking profession stuffed with unimaginable worlds and memorable characters that introduced pleasure and marvel to hundreds of thousands worldwide. Together with his creation of the Muppets, Fraggles, and the fantastical creatures of The Darkish Crystal and Labyrinth, and plenty of others, Henson’s creations have change into cultural icons.
Spanning greater than seven many years, The Jim Henson Firm’s legacy continues to affect society, humanities, training, popular culture, and leisure at this time. A unprecedented assortment of over 400 uncommon and essential gadgets from Jim Henson and the Firm he based shall be introduced for the primary time at public sale.
Pre-orders for the limited-edition hardcover public sale “ebook” of this unique public sale occasion opens at this time that includes a whole lot of colour illustrations, archival pictures, behind the scenes tales and descriptions in a exceptional catalog that features manufacturing used and prototype puppets, props, animatronics, costumes, historic memorabilia, paperwork, posters, merchandise, autographed materials, and past from a myriad assortment of productions that span the Firm’For instance, heading to the public sale would be the iconic Naia Drenchen Gelfling full-body puppet utilized in The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance (estimate: $15,000 – $25,000). The Naia puppet, recognizable for her Gelfling blue and inexperienced pores and skin tones, identifiable bumps on her brow, and fin-like scalloped ears, consists of her whole torso in addition to a pair of legs, and hooded costume.
Naia is first seen within the fourth episode of the Emmy-winning collection, “The First Factor I Keep in mind is Hearth” after her twin brother, Gurjin, disappears. She can be a lead character within the Darkish Crystal novels. Different highlighted gadgets from the 2019 prequel collection embody sword props utilized by Rian (estimate: $3,000-$5,000) and Ordon (estimate: $1,000-$2,000); skekGra the Heretic Circle of the Suns’ Skeksis chair (estimate: $4,000-$6,000), dagger and baton props (estimate: $2,000-$3,000), and Maudra Fara’s axe prop (estimate: $1,000-$2,000).
The total public sale shall be obtainable on-line and open for bidding Wednesday, October twenty second at juliensauctions.com. Proceeds from the public sale will help the work of The Jim Henson Firm’s Archives.
“With tens of 1000’s of things catalogued in The Jim Henson Firm’s Archive from our seventy-year historical past, it has been an thrilling mission to pick the items that shall be part of this public sale,” mentioned Karen Falk, Director of the Archives for The Jim Henson Firm. “This landmark occasion is certain to incorporate one thing for each fan and collector within the Henson legacy and our contributions to popular culture and leisure.”
“Jim Henson’s innovation and creativity revolutionized household leisure, and his optimism and sincerity made him one of the beloved artists of our time,” mentioned Catherine Williamson, Managing Director of Leisure, Julien’s Auctions. “From his good and beloved Muppet characters to his technically radical creations in The Darkish Crystal and Labyrinth, his puppets transcended the humanities, changing into cultural forces that proceed to the touch hundreds of thousands of all ages and affect at this time’s subsequent technology of daring creators and artists.”
Tune in weeks from now for an additional Julien’s Information Flash of much more unimaginable and iconic treasures from The Jim Henson Firm to be introduced!
The public sale shall be held each on-line and stay:
Tuesday, November twenty fifth, 2025
The Jim Henson Firm
1416 N La Brea Avenue Hollywood, California
10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Putting Bids:
There are 4 methods to bid in Stay Auctions:
Bid with Julien’s Auctions on-line.
Bid over the phone by an public sale home consultant.
Bid in particular person within the room at our public sale occasions.
Bid prematurely by absentee bid. Absentee bid kinds can be found by calling 310-836-1818
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Julien’s Auctions is proud to current a museum-quality, limited-edition hardbound espresso desk ebook devoted to the once-in-a-lifetime “Jim Henson Firm seventieth Anniversary Public sale.” Priced at $100, that is way over an public sale catalog; it’s a definitive, tangible piece of leisure historical past, expertly curated to honor the genius of Jim Henson and the enduring magic of the corporate he constructed. This exceptional quantity is an artifact in its personal proper—a everlasting document of the primary time these treasures have ever been made obtainable to the general public.
