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Donald Trump was a mover and a shaker even way back when - and photos found in a trove of memorabilia show him meeting and greeting everyone from President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy to Prince Phillip
Tho roughly 1,000 photographs of Trump, his family and friends, was acquired by a South Florida collector from a now defunct thrift shop
Images show the Trumps ringing in the New Year in Aspen, Col., with swells like Barbara Walters and opera singer Beverly SIlls and
They hung out with late billionaire Theodore "Teddy" Forstmann, who had once romanced Princess Diana

By Robert E. Hartlein In Palm Beach, Florida For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:55 EST, 8 November 2016 | Updated: 17:30 EST, 8 November 2016

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Donald Trump was a mover and a shaker and photos found in a treasure trove of Trump memorabilia show him meeting and greeting everyone from President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy to Prince Phillip to Elton John.

Tho roughly 1,000 photographs of Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, his family and friends, and believed to be discarded by his first wife Ivana, was acquired by a South Florida collector about two years ago and laid fallow until being resurrected/dusted off when Trump formally announced his candidacy to run for the nation's highest office back in June 2015.

The include a 1985 White House visit with Ronald and Nancy Reagan; Malcolm Forbes at his 70th birthday party; former Time Warner chairman Steve Ross; media baron Robert Maxwell; and Prince Philip with Donald and Ivana at the Plaza Hotel, which Donald once owned.

If Donald Trump wins the election it won't be the first time he was in the White House. He was there in 1983 and shook hands with President Reagan and his First Lady Nancy

Nancy Reagan is all smiles as she chats with the handsome real estate developer and his wife

The friendship between Donald and veteran news anchor Barbara Walters goes back years. This photo was taken at an event at the Plaza Hotel

Prince Philip with Donald and Ivana at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, which Donald once owned

Donald and Ivana pose up with singer-songwriter Elton John

There is also close Ivana pal and one time diet pill guru Nikki Haskell; as well as former First Lady of the Phillippines and shoe fanatic Imelda Marcos.

Other images show the Trumps partying in Aspen, Col., with swells like Barbara Walters and Beverly SIlls; at the 1983 Kentucky Derby; at table with late billionaire Theodore "Teddy" Forstmann, who had once romanced Princess Diana.

The treasure trove of photos and memorabilia was found in a Palm Beach thrift shop

Then there's a picture of Donald with fearsome lawyer and Trump mentor Roy Cohn, from whom he reportedly learned his style of intimidation, standing alongside former New York governor Hugh Carey.

Yet another shot shows Ivana dancing with Cohn.

Among the more esoteric items is a 1989 summer cleaning schedule for Mar-a-Lago, the lavish Palm Beach, Florida, estate Trump has owned since 1985--he paid $10 million for the property-- and has since turned into a resort.

The collector, who requested anonymity, told MailOnline exclusively that she happened upon the items at a thrift shop, now shuttered, that benefited a local animal league. She suspects that Ivana or an assistant, possibly by mistake/mistakenly, brought the items into the shop when she downsized to a condo.

'My favorite and most memorable of the scores of pictures are the formal affairs Mr. Trump went to with his children. I also like the ones of him snuggling with his babies.

'I find those to be so sweet, as well as the family birthday parties and those of other family members, his sister included, not to mention the many famous celebs he and Ivana hobnobbed with from Mike Tyson, Don Johnson, the Reagans, and New York City mayor Ed Koch. Also, the pictures of Donald and Ivana and their kids all in Halloween costumes are absolutely enchanting. Indeed, there are so many great family memories contained here.'

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Happy New Year in Aspen, Colorado with friends opera singer Beverly Sills to his left and Tom Haydn, at right, once married to Jane Fonda, who died last month