Most people would go to extreme lengths to meet their idols and have this moment caught on camera so they can cherish it and brag about it forever, and here is this unidentified guy posing for photos with Hollywood’s finest celebrities. He blends into classy parties to the point you might think he’s one of those celebrities you know, but just can’t put a name to a face. Despite being completely unknown, he seems to be hanging out with the biggest names in the entertainment world. What a legend!

This amazing collection was recently found by a talented artist and photo dealer, Dan Barry, who took us on a nostalgic trip down the memory lane of what Hollywood’s A-list stars looked like almost 30 years ago through personal pictures of an “unknown guy.” The only question that remains unanswered: why would someone discard such a precious collection?

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#1 Meryl Streep

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The fresh-faced young man managed to get his photos taken with the most famous faces such as Meryl Streep, Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Janet Jackson, Jodie Foster, Winona Ryder, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, and Clint Eastwood, just to name a few.

According to Barry’s research, some of these photos appear to have been taken at Tina Brown Hosts “The New Yorker Goes to the Movies” event on March 14, 1994, at Hotel Bel-Air in Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California. The same man was spotted a week later at a black-tie event at the 66th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. He seemed to stay in Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes for some time after that as more recent shots with Demi Moore, Christina Aguilera, Mr. T, and more suggest.

#2 Will Smith

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#3 Robert Downey Jr.

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#4 Nicole Kidman

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Dan Barry told Bored Panda about how he came across these pictures: “I’m always trying to find strange, interesting and extraordinary photos to share with other merchants and photo collectors, that’s how I found this collection. I couldn’t identify the guy in the photos or someone knowing his identity.”

#5 Janet Jackson

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#6 Emma Thompson

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#7 Brendan Fraser

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Born and raised in rural Wisconsin, Dan Barry, who now lives in Austin, Texas, quit his corporate job of five years to fully dedicate his time to mixed-media art. Trading vintage photos and other finds became a way of earning a living.

“It didn’t take me long to discover that there was some money to be made by buying and selling photos found. Five years ago, I stopped my corporate work (working at the same company for over 20 years) to have more time to dedicate myself to my art. I consider being an artist my main profession. And the photo trade has become a good way to earn money to pay my bills between exhibitions and sales. I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit.”

#8 Whoopi Goldberg

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#9 Jodie Foster

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#10 Winona Ryder

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Barry is constantly looking for inspiration he could use in his own art, and on the way, he finds interesting and valuable gems just like this collection of celebrity photos.

“Part of how I became a photo retailer is that I often use vintage photos and snapshots found in my works of art, so I was spending a lot of time looking for photos I could use or inspire me with.”

“While looking for old photos to use in my works of art or to resell, I often think about how all those photos discarded at one point meant something to someone,” Barry explained the deeper meaning of his work. Each picture tells a story even though it somehow ended up lost and discarded.

#11 Quentin Tarantino

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#12 Demi Moore

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#13 Cindy Crawford

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A year ago, we shared a similar gem found in a thrift shop in Belgium when Opnieuw & Co discovered an old album full of photographs of a mysterious woman posting next to the biggest stars in Hollywood. It later became clear that the woman was Maria Snoeys-Lagler, a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the album captured her proudest moments at work. Could this be a similar scenario? Turn on your inner detective and let us know in the comments who you think these photos might have belonged to!

#14 Goldie Hawn

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#15 Stephen Spielberg

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#16 Glenn Close

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#17 Kathy Bates

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#18 Clint Eastwood

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#19 Cindy Crawford

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#20 Barbra Streisand

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#21 Christina Aguilera

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#22 Geena Davis

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#23 Jay Leno

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#24 Danny Glover

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#25 Tori Spelling

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#26 Ed O’Neill

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#27 Sean Combs

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#28 Wesley Snipes

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#29 Mr. T

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#30 Sharon Stone

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#31 Warren Beatty

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#32 Muhammad Ali

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#33 Nicole Kidman

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#34 Alicia Silverstone

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#35 Michael Caine

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#36 Natalie Cole

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#37 Christy Turlington

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#38 Sylvester Stallone (In The Background)

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#39 Robert Downey Jr.

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#40 Geena Davis

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#41 Tori Spelling

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#42 Eric Idle

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#43 Ed Harris

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#44 Cuba Gooding Jr.

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#45 Queen Latifah

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#46 Barbara Hershley

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#47 Rosie O’Donnell

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#48 Raquel Welch

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#49 Cathy Moriarty

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#50 Fabio

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#51 Annie Lennox

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#52 Brandy Norwood

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#53 Cathy Moriarty

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#54 Noah Wyle

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#55 Elisabeth Shue

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#56 Laurence Fishburne

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#57 George Clooney

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#58 Tommy Lee

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#59 Fred Ward

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#60 Heather Locklear

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#61 Roderick McDowall

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#62 Don Cheadle

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#63 Courtney Love

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#64 Robert Stack

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#65 Tony Curtis

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#66 Michelle Lee

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#67 Stephen Dorff

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#68 James Woods

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#69 Tony Curtis

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#70 Nancy Kerrigan

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#71 Chazz Palminteri

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#72 Bruce Davison

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