Captain Kangaroo Estate Auction; Autographs, Collectibles & Memorabilia

Captain Kangaroo collection of seven U.S. Navy-related identification cards, one signed ''Robert J. Keeshan'' by the acclaimed telev...

Robert Keeshan's own personal yearbook from his senior year of high school, signed ''Bob Keeshan'' by him upon the fly-leaf. Kee...

Robert Keeshan signed ''NBC and You'' employee handbook from his earliest days in entertainment. Signed label on front free endpaper...

Bob Keeshan letter of recommendation to Fordham University, written by his former high school principal, dated 13 January 1947, when Keeshan would hav

Bob Keeshan 1948 NBC official artist pass, as Keeshan began his network TV career on NBC's ''Howdy Doody.'' Front of card has Ke...

Buffalo Bob letterhead with envelopes along with Captain Kangaroo letterhead. Bob Keeshan worked as ''Clarabell the Clown'' on Bob&#...

Buffalo Bob Smith photo owned by Bob Keeshan. Smith, of course, hosted ''Howdy Doody,'' a pioneering children's television show ...

Bob Keeshan Christmas cards featuring an elaborate cartoon of ''Howdy Doody'' and ''Clarabell'' playing in a band. K...

Bob Keeshan lot of ''Howdy Doody'' press photos. Seven of the eight photos were taken at crowded live appearances by Bob Smith, and ...

Captain Kangaroo award certificate lot of six items: (1) Captain Kangaroo Appreciation Day from the city of Bellingham, WA; (2) Recognition from the g

Collection of 17 remittance statements from NBC, as Keeshan worked for the network on the acclaimed hit, ''Howdy Doody'' as Clarabel...

Archive of paperwork, scripts and handwritten notes from the early days of the ''Howdy Doody'' show, with handwritten notes from Bob...

Bob Keeshan 1949 radio working pass for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Pass reads in part: ''To restricted departments of th...

''Howdy Doody'' mimeographed scripts and documents from 1949-1950, from Bob Keeshan's tenure as the enduring character of his ow...

Robert Keeshan signed 1950 NBC artist pass. Pass is made out to ''Robert J. Keeshan'' and signed in bold black ink on verso. Measure...

Robert Keeshan honorary membership cards. Lot of 7 cards include: signed Community Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 card dated January 1957; signed New Je

Early Bob Keeshan photo lot with a picture of Keeshan as Clarabell the Clown on ''Howdy Doody''. Most images are of Bob Keeshan in c...

Bob Keeshan signed 1951 NBC artist pass. Pass is made out to ''Mr. Robert Keeshan'' and signed on the back in black ink. Measures 4&...

Collection of documents relating to ''Tinker's Workshop,'' Robert Keeshan's prototype program that paved the way for his suc...

Wide variety of official Captain Kangaroo contracts denoting percentages of revenue given to various agents, managers and the Captain himself. Lot of

Robert Keeshan 1952 NBC artist pass from his last year as Clarabell the Clown on ''Howdy Doody.'' Keeshan was fired during this seas...

Award certificates bestowed upon Bob Keeshan, spanning Captain Kangaroo's entire run. Lot of 11 certificates include: (1) Honorary Citizen award...

Four costume rental order slips for the children's show, ''Time for Fun,'' in which Bob Keeshan played ''Corny the Clown...

Two carbon copy typed letters, written by Bob Keeshan as he attempted to land the role of ''Bozo the Clown'' in 1953, along with a t...

Bob Keeshan ''Time for Fun'' production documents. Keeshan starred as ''Corny the Clown'' on the ABC series, which r...

Typed letter of approval signed by the famed children's programming producer, Jules Power, allowing Robert Keeshan to work on two children's...

Bob Keeshan's pitch for his 1954 venture on ABC, ''Tinker's Workshop'', the show that paved the way for Captain Kangaroo the...

Bob Keeshan portrait photo as Tinker the Alipne Toymaker from his early show ''Tinker's Workshop''. Keeshan created this childre...

Bob Keeshan personally owned books from his library, all with his personal bookplate on the front free endpapers. All published by Heritage Press, six

Congratulations letter from ''Howdy Doody'' producer Martin Stone to Bob Keeshan on securing the Captain Kangaroo show. Dated 1 Sept...

Captain Kangaroo ad sales document from the show's pilot season in 1955. Typed document spells out the sliding scale of prices for interested ad...

Autograph note signed by Bob Keeshan in 1960 to his manager Marv Josephson. Enigmatic note reads, ''Feb 17, 1960 / To Marv Josephson -- See ...

Lot of ten Captain Kangaroo first year marketing booklets. Spiral bound booklet begins, ''…just one year ago…the nat...

Captain Kangaroo boxed promo set from the show's pilot season in 1955. CBS assembled this kit with four coiled film strips, three slides, two bl...

Captain Kangaroo screen-worn classic navy blue suit jacket from the early years of the program. In fact, the jacket is credited with inspiring the Kan

Captain Kangaroo keys to his ''Treasure House'' from the opening of every episode in the first ten years of the show. Millions of ch...

Captain Kangaroo 9 contact sheets from 1955. Sheets from the show's hit first season contain images of Bob Keeshan and Lumpy Brannum in costume ...

Captain Kangaroo 12 contact sheets from 1955. Sheets from the show's hit first season contain images of Bob Keeshan in costume and on set as the...

Captain Kangaroo marketing program from 1955 as well as a ''CBS Television Clients & Programs'' booklet, also fro 1955. The prog...

Bound scripts of the first 65 episodes of Captain Kangaroo. Three-volume set begins with the outline for the 3 October 1955 episode, the very first ev

Early Captain Kangaroo scripts and show production material. Documents on pink pages include scripts, episode rundowns, stage directions, prop lists,

Captain Kangaroo binder listing records used on the successful show during the 1955-1957 seasons. Cover of binder reads ''Bob Keeshan / List...

Captain Kangaroo's personal scrapbook with newspaper and magazine articles from 1955-1957 celebrating his hit new children's show. Treasure ...

Captain Kangaroo personally owned CBS stationery, the network which helped propel Captain Kangaroo into the limelight for 30 successful years. 33 shee

Captain Kangaroo train conductor hat from his first uniform for the show. Black cloth hat features a vinyl bill, attached metallic ''Conduct...

Bob Keeshan's screen-worn hat as Captain Kangaroo from the start of the series. Keeshan's endearing character made his debut in homes across...

Captain Kangaroo letterhead printed with cartoon caricature. This image with red lettering dates back to the beginning of the show in 1955. Stationery

Lot of Captain Kangaroo and Robert Keeshan stationery. Lot of seven sheets includes: one sheet of beige ''Captain Kangaroo'' letterh...

Captain Kangaroo classic navy blue suit screen-worn from the early years of the program. In fact, the jacket is credited with inspiring the Kangaroo m

Captain Kangaroo jacket screen-worn during the early years of the popular children's program. Prior to the red suit jacket, Captain Kangaroo wor...

Captain Kangaroo classic navy blue suit screen-worn from the early years of the program. In fact, the jacket is credited with inspiring the Kangaroo m

Captain Kangaroo scrapbook from his earliest days as the Captain. Bob Keeshan's personal scrapbook is filled with glossy 10'' x 8'&#...

Billboard Award presented to Bob Keeshan for his performance as Captain Kangaroo on the show's premiere 1955-56 season. Award certificate featur...

Captain Kangaroo lot of nine 78 rpm records. Lot, mostly from 1956, includes such titles as ''It's Another Be-Good-To-Mommy Day''...

CBS audience survey for the Captain Kangaroo show. Similar to the Nielsen television ratings, this typed 1956 report by Eugene Gilbert & Company...

Lot of 10 annual planners custom-made for CBS from 1956-1962, from the personal collection of Bob Keeshan. Journals feature ruled dated sections, with

Lot of four booklets compiling market research data on Captain Kangaroo for advertisers during its debut year on television. Four copies of '...

Captain Kangaroo 1956 progress reports. Lot consists of three identical progress report booklets and a large promotional piece sent to advertisers dur

Captain Kangaroo illustrated children's books from the 1950's. This entertaining lot includes: (1) first in series ''Captain Kangaro...

Early Captain Kangaroo 1956 press copy. This original draft by show producer Jack Miller is meant to introduce advertisers to the new show. Loose type

Captain Kangaroo 10 contact sheets from 1956. Sheets from the show's hit first season contain images of Bob Keeshan in costume and on set as the...

Captain Kangaroo bound scripts for the entire 1956 season. Twelve-volume set contains typed production scripts for episodes 66-326, dated 2 January 19

Scarce Captain Kangaroo Sylvania award. Television industry award was presented to Bob Keeshan in 1956, ''For Outstanding Contribution To Cr...

Bound scripts from the first ever Saturday episodes of Captain Kangaroo, personally owned by Bob Keeshan with his bookplates on most of the volumes. N

Bound scripts from the first few years of Captain Kangaroo: 1956, 1957 and 1958, personally owned by Bob Keeshan. His hit show debuted the year prior

Lot of three 1950's letters from the CBS network regarding Captain Kangaroo: (1) typed letter signed from CBS President J.L. Van Volkenburg cong...

Captain Kangaroo brand puzzle and paper doll sets. 4-piece lot includes (1) a 63-piece paperboard Jigsaw puzzle from 1960; (2) an unused paper doll sh

Lot of books personally owned by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan. Three titles all have his custom bookplates affixed to the front free endpapers...

Captain Kangaroo Saturday episode breakdowns from the 1956-1964 seasons. Three-ring binder features 5 tabbed sections of records listing all the varia

Show descriptions for the Captain Kangaroo Show. Referred to as ''billboards,'' descriptions are one paragraph summaries of episodes...

Bob Keeshan award collection from his early Captain Kangaroo years. This framed lot of 7 includes: (1) Ursula Laurus Citation from College of New Roch

Bob Keeshan personally owned copy of ''The Real Mother Goose'' children's book. Rand McNally & Co. Chicago: 1957. Robert Kee...

Captain Kangaroo personally-owned lot of five photos from 1957. Photos show delighted children with the Captain in a public appearance. Glossy black a

Captain Kangaroo bound scripts for the entire 1957 season. Twelve-volume set contains typed production scripts from the show's third year on air...

Three copies of the sheet music to the ''Captain Kangaroo March''. Sheet music, published by Sam Fox, Radio City: 1957. Each folder ...

Captain Kangaroo lot of six records. 45's from 1957 and 1959 include such titles as ''Theme Song From The Favorite Children's Televi...

Captain Kangaroo 9 contact sheets from 1957-1959. Sheets from the show's hit early seasons contain charming images of Bob Keeshan in costume and...

Collection of vintage magazines with articles on Captain Kangaroo. This varied lot going back to the late 1950's includes: (1) two copies of ...

Collection of Captain Kangaroo video and audio tapes. This large lot of 51 tapes includes both professionally produced tapes and segments recorded on

Captain Kangaroo award lot, personally owned by Robert Keeshan. Multitude of awards presented to Keeshan include: (1) gorgeous silver bowl trophy from

Bob Keeshan's personally owned mementos from the 1958 Peabody Award ceremony, which saw a win by Captain Kangaroo. Prestigious Peabody award rec...

Captain Kangaroo 1958 marketing program with a fun caricature of the Captain leading children. This business booklet features Keeshan's bio, cop...

Captain Kangaroo 1958 Official Peabody Award certificate, signed by both the Chairman of the Peabody Award and the Dean of the School of Journalism at

Captain Kangaroo photo lot of twelve. Images feature Bob Keeshan in costume as Captain Kangaroo on set with his costars, interacting with Bunny Rabbit

Captain Kangaroo bound scripts from the 1958 season. Seven volumes contain typed production scripts from January through June and also December of 195

Bob Keeshan personal color slides collection. This lot of approximately 400 Kodak Ektachrome slides in four green AGFA cases includes 1958 Easter shot

Early Captain Kangaroo marketing letters, delivering good news about promotional responses from Kangaroo viewers. Three typed letters include: (1) CBS

Captain Kangaroo personally owned 1958-1963 scrapbook with newspaper and magazine articles about his popular children's show. Wide variety of cl...

Captain Kangaroo children's books, plus Bob Keeshan's autobiography ''Growing Up Happy'', personally owned by Keeshan. This ...

Bob Keeshan achievement award collection. Lot of ten includes: (1) brass key to the city of Tampa dated 1958. Measures 17''; (2) Centennial ...

Captain Kangaroo bound show scripts for the 1958-1960 seasons. These typed production scripts include episodes 600 thru 1099. Bound in black cloth boa

Captain Kangaroo brand 1959 greeting cards lot. Half a dozen different cards feature the Captain in black and white, posing with a puppet or animal ag

Captain Kangaroo bound scripts for the entire Emmy-nominated 1959 season, comprising 12-volumes. Handwritten pencil notations in an unknown hand are s

Captain Kangaroo orchestral sheet music from the 1959-1960 ''Fun With Music'' tour. Lot comprises various pieces of music from the l...

Captain Kangaroo programs from his live ''Fun With Music'' tour in 1959-1960. Eight programs (plus several duplicates of some progra...

Sheet music from Captain Kangaroo's 1959-60 ''Fun With Music'' tour. This live show was designed to introduce classical music to...

Captain Kangaroo sheet music owned by Bob Keeshan. Lot includes George Gershwin's orchestral score for ''An American In Paris'',...

Captain Kangaroo photo lot of twelve. Images feature Bob Keeshan in costume as Captain Kangaroo in a combination of live appearances with orchestras a

Seven volumes of Saturday show scripts from the 1959-1961 Captain Kangaroo seasons. Typed scripts bound in black cloth boards include episodes 157 thr

Captain Kangaroo lot of ''Television Today'' certificates. Eight ''Awards of Achievement'' run from 1959 through 196...