Instead, the puppets will be on display in the center's Worlds of Puppetry Museum, along with puppets from a 1970s Jim Henson production, "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas." This would have been the 10th anniversary of the "Rudolph" puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, but the coronavirus intervened. solely dedicated to the art of puppetry." In a statement, the donor said "These were beloved characters of my childhood and I can think of no better place for them to 'retire' than in the trusted care of the Center for Puppetry Arts, the first and largest nonprofit organization in the U.S. "The way that the center has kept the spirit of the (show) and the look of the puppets, it's delightful to have both the originals and also the live theater puppets there." Henson is the president of the Jim Henson Foundation, and the daughter of the late Jim Henson. The center's yearly performance of "Rudolph," through an exclusive arrangement with the licensing company Character Arts, is always its most popular show.īoard member Cheryl Henson said the figures have come to the right place. Atlanta's puppet builders viewed the film, frame-by-frame, to recreate scrupulously accurate puppet versions of the figures. In 2010 the center debuted a puppet show based on the Rankin/Smith film.
The Midtown puppetry center is a logical home for Rudolph and Santa. Come on!" But the donor stayed with the bidding, buying the pair for $368,000.
She knew that a certain Atlanta individual had an eye on the puppets, with the goal of lending them to the center.īids rose above $300,000, and Schiavo thought, "There's no way our donor will go that far. The selling price was expected to be $150,000 to $250,000.īeth Schiavo, executive director of the Center for Puppetry Arts, got updates from the auction, as the bids went up. Kevin Kriess of Time and Space Toys in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, acquired the figures, had them restored, and put them up for auction this year on Nov. In 2006 a nephew of a Rankin/Bass employee brought two battered but surviving stars - Rudolph and Santa - to the experts at the PBS production "Antiques Road Show," and they were judged to be genuine, and worth $8,000 to $10,000. No one imagined then that the figures would become treasures. One crew member gave about a half dozen to the children in her family, who played with them harshly. Rudolph, Santa, Hermey the elf, Sam the Snowman, Bumble, Clarice (Rudolph's crush) and others, were scattered. After the production wrapped, the filmmakers handed out the poseable figures as souvenirs. Postal Service issued stamps in its honor.īut while the film has lasted, the puppets that starred in it haven't. In 2014, on the film's 50th anniversary, the U.S. Rudolph's stop-motion Christmas special is perhaps the most successful Rankin/Bass production ever, and one of the most durable traditions of holiday television-watching. 13 and gave them to the center on semi-permanent loan. The puppet hero of the 1964 animated children's feature, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and his boss Santa have piloted their sleigh to Midtown's Center for Puppetry Arts.Īn anonymous donor bought them for $368,000 at auction Nov. ATLANTA - The most famous reindeer of all has flown to Atlanta.
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