A Howdy Doody marionette such as yours originally sold in the early 1950s for about $3.49; in 1995, one of the original Howdy Dody marionettes sold for $23,000.

WHAT: An original production Howdy Doody marionette associated with the 1950s TV show featuring the red-haired figure sold for $15,860 recently in an antique toy auction at Pook & Pook.

But the agreement to sell Howdy was recorded in a document both he and Chris had signed in April.In it, Chris stated that the puppet he was taking from Smith was “the original Howdy Doody puppet ...

Stuart Rosen, representing the museum, presented correspondence from Rose, who died in 1975, that demonstrated his intention for the original Howdy Doody to eventually rest in its collection.

The creator of Howdy Doody, “Buffalo” Bob Smith, first performed the character on his WNBC radio show. When the show transitioned to TV, puppet builder Frank Paris created a marionette to match the ...

While “The Howdy Doody Show” would log 2,543 episodes, NBC knew it had a hit right away. In 1948, the network decided to offer Howdy for President campaign buttons to kids. “But there were ...

The Canadian Howdy Doody Show was theCanadian version of the American classic children's program.Like the original, it was a puppet-based variety show aimed at young viewers. The show followed ...

Dawson is credited with creating the original Howdy Doody puppet. Howdy Doody's last puppeteer and caretaker, Rufus Rose, and NBC agreed in a series of letters in 1967 to give the legendary puppet ...

The claim to fame of this garage is that one of the past owners, Scott Brinker, lived here sometime after 1947 and expanded the garage as a prop and puppet studio workshop for “The Howdy Doody Show.