Sold For $7,871
*Includes Buyers Premium
Collection of over 3,000 Polaroid photographs of celebrities assembled by in-person autograph collector Marlayne Elise Ances, who took these photographs at various political events, music concerts, Broadway plays, sporting events, and other social engagements during a run of 45 years, from the early 1970s through to 2015. The collection, which consists exclusively of glossy color snapshots, the majority 3.5 x 4.25, boasts an unparalleled and diverse array of famous figures and personalities. From future superstars to established legends, this exhaustive visual record crosses several generations of screen idols, music icons, sports heroes, and other household names.
Highlights include: Hank Aaron, Jim Abbott, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alan Alda, Buzz Aldrin, Muhammad Ali, Lonnie Anderson, Julie Andrews, Neil Armstrong, Arthur Ashe, Tracy Austin, Frankie Avalon, Kevin Bacon, Jeff Bagwell, Alec Baldwin, Charles Barkley, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Drew Bledsoe, Bono, David Bowie, Matthew Broderick, Tom Brokaw, James Brown, Jim Brown, Kobe Bryant, George Burns, George Bush, Jose Canseco, Drew Carey, Steve Carlton, Johnny Carson, James Carville, Wilt Chamberlain, Ray Charles, Cheech and Chong, Dick Clark, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Close, Phil Collins, Tim Conway, Alice Cooper, Bill Cosby, Howard Cosell, Bob Costas, Bill Cowher, Walter Cronkite, David Crosby, Jon Cryer, Willem Dafoe, Roger Daltrey, Ted Danson, Sammy Davis, Ellen DeGeneres, Bob Denver, Laura Dern, Danny DeVito, Angie Dickinson, Phyllis Diller, Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Phil Donahue, Michael Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, John Elway, Julius Erving, Boomer Esiason, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Laurence Fishburne, Jane Fonda, Gerald Ford, Aretha Franklin, Joe Frazier, James Garner, Tom Glavine, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Juan Gonzalez, Goose Gossage, Lou Gossett, Wayne Gretzky, Jennifer Grey, Ken Griffey, Bryant Gumbel, Tony Gwynn, Sammy Hagar, Tom Hanks, John Havlicek, Tony Hawk, Goldie Hawn, Isaac Hayes, Mariel Hemingway, Rickey Henderson, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Hines, Hal Holbrook, Evander Holyfield, Bob Hope, Dennis Hopper, Gordie Howe, Chrissie Hynde, Julio Iglesias, Hugh Jackman, Jesse Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Etta James, Joan Jett, James Earl Jones, Tom Jones, Michael Jordan, David Justice, Harvey Keitel, Jim Kelly, Ted Kennedy, Nicole Kidman, Harmon Killebrew, Larry King, Harvey Korman, Nathan Lane, Tommy Lasorda, Cyndi Lauper, Jack Lemmon, Sugar Ray Leonard, David Letterman, Carl Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Rush Limbaugh, Eric Lindros, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Meat Loaf, Lyle Lovett, Rob Lowe, Sparky Lyle, John Madden, Bill Maher, Shirley Manson, Mickey Mantle, Dan Marino, Ricky Martin, Steve Martin, Walter Matthau, Dave Matthews, Willie Mays, John McEnroe, Tug McGraw, Fred McGriff, Jim McMahon, Demi Moore, Roger Moore, Joe Morgan, Morrissey, Eddie Murray, Joe Namath, Liam Neeson, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Stevie Nicks, Leslie Nielsen, Robert De Niro, Chuck Norris, Buck O’Neil, Ozzy Osbourne, Al Pacino, Jack Palance, Arnold Palmer, Jim Palmer, Bill Parcells, Rosa Parks, Dolly Parton, Luciano Pavarotti, Walter Payton, Gregory Peck, Tony Perez, Ross Perot, Bernadette Peters, Bob Pettit, Sidney Poitier, Dennis Quaid, Tony Randall, Carl Reiner, Miranda Richardson, Don Rickles, Pat Riley, Kelly Ripa, Jason Robards, Tim Robbins, Oscar Robertson, Smokey Robinson, Chris Rock, Kid Rock, Dennis Rodman, Al Roker, Henry Rollins, Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan, Pat Sajak, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Segal, Tom Selleck, Cybill Shepherd, Brooke Shields, Martin Short, Carly Simon, Neil Simon, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Ken Singleton, Christian Slater, Sgt. Slaughter, Duke Snider, David Soul, Kevin Spacey, Michael Spinks, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Stargell, Rusty Staub, George Stephanopoulos, Howard Stern, Parker Stevenson, James Stewart, Patrick Stewart, Michael Stipe, John Sununu, Taylor Swift, Elizabeth Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Donald Trump, Steven Tyler, Mike Tyson, Bob Uecker, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Walker, Barbara Walters, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Denzel Washington, Elie Wiesel, Ted Williams, Bruce Willis, Brian Wilson, Oprah Winfrey, Henry Winkler, and Stevie Wonder.
In overall fine condition. Due to the nature of the Polaroid process, some of the images are irregularly developed.
Interested parties are encouraged to view the collection in person at our offices or call us with specific inquiries, as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted.
The collector, Marlayne Ances, was a founding lifetime member of the Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, a member of The National Press Club, and a delegate from Haddonfield, New Jersey. Welcomed by both parties at the Capitol Building and the White House, Ances attended briefings and meetings in the Oval Office with Presidents Reagan, Ford, and both Bushes. Both she and her husband, Dr. George Ances, a prominent obstetrician for over 60 years at Cooper Hospital in the Philadelphia area, were members of the United Nations, MOMA, the Kennedy Center, and many other foundations.
As collectors, the Ances attended the Academy Awards and the Tony Awards yearly, in addition to countless sporting events, plays, concerts, book signings, guest lectures, movie sets, award ceremonies, etc. If there was a crowd, Marlayne Ances was likely in the middle, pen in hand, Polaroid camera around her neck, and a big smile on her face.
