Hi Sylver,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.

Scripts can offer insights into the production of film and TV shows are a fun category for movie and television enthusiasts to collect; the category can afford collectors a broad range of price points, from very modest values ($100 or less) for shows that had a small following, limited run or not-yet-discovered actors to very expensive price (five- or six-figures) for productions that earned awards, were signed by A-list stars or became part of the cultural zeitgeist.

American Dad! was an animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman. It premiered on February 6, 2005, on Fox before moving to TBS in 2014; it is still in production.

There have been many autographed pilot scripts that have sold auction recently: Big Bang Theory ($550 in 2019), Seinfeld ($350 in 2021), Married with Children ($75 in 2021), All In The Family ($4,500 in 2023), The Sopranos ($2,500 in 2023), Breaking Bad ($1,000 in 2024), The Jeffersons ($600 in 2023), Desperate Housewives ($450 in 2023), Murphy Brown ($450 in 2023), Everybody loves Raymond ($300 in 2023) and The X-Files ($200 in 2021) are just a few of more than 400 signed pilot scripts listed on online auction platforms. An outlier in this was the entire cast-signed pilot script for Friends, which sold for $10,000 in 2024.

Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

American Dad! Pilot Script
Signed on the cover by co-creater, co-producer, do-writer and lead actor, Seth MacFarlane
dated June 4, 2004
(51) loosely-bound 8-1/2 by 11 pages
CONDITION: This script appears to be in generally good condition
PROVENANCE: Unknown
$ 400-600*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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~ Delia