There is a first time for everything, and this time around it is an auction from the Jim Henson Company as a celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary, hosted by Julien’s Auctions and taking place on November 25, 2025.
The auction will present more than 400 lots, which span props, costumes, set pieces, posters, autographed memorabilia, and more than 80 hand-made puppets. Original pieces from Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Labyrinth, multiple Muppet productions, and many more will be made available to the public through auction.
Among the items up for auction include an array of pieces from the most celebrated Muppet movies, TV series and specials: Miss Piggy’s iconic lavender suede heels (estimate: $7,000-$9,000) worn in The Great Muppet Caper‘s beloved bicycle scene, Baby Kermit’s rocking chair (estimate: $2,000-$3,000), used in the “I’m Gonna Always Love You” musical dream sequence from The Muppets Take Manhattan, notable for the circular puppeteering hole in its seat, and an original Miss Piggy Cover Girl 1981 Fantasy Calendar signed by Miss Piggy herself (estimate: $1,000-$2,000), as well as her perfume atomizer, hand mirror, French style telephone from photo shoots and more.
Fans of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will be able to bid on the original, screen-used, full-size Crystal of Truth prop (estimate: $20,000-$30,000), the source of all life and evil in the story, as well as the iconic Naia Drenchen Gelfling full-body puppet (estimate: $15,000 – $25,000), among many other pieces.
Fraggle Rock aficionados can battle over full-body puppets of the intrepid explorer Uncle Travelling Matt (estimate: $40,000-$60,000), and the mustachioed Doozer (estimate: $30,000-$50,000).
There are plenty of other pieces from a wide array of Jim Henson productions available, including a Goblin Helmet (estimate: $2,000-$3,000) from Labyrinth; a Tiffany-Style Kermit the Frog Lamp (estimate: $1,000-$2,000) from the 1997 Signature Collection, five full-body puppets from the children’s series The Hoobs—Iver, Tula, Groove, Roma, and Hubba Hubba—each estimated at $10,000-$20,000, and a collection of handmade artwork from Sesame Street’s legendary puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch) featuring the landmark children’s television show’s beloved characters.
