Lily Pons Autographs
Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960.
She also had a successful and lucrative career as a concert singer, which continued until her retirement from performance in 1973. From 1935 to 1937, she made three musical films for RKO Pictures. She also made numerous appearances on radio and on television, performing on variety programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, and The Dave Garroway Show. In 1955, she topped the bill for the first broadcast of what became an iconic television series, Sunday Night at the London Palladium. She made dozens of records, recording both classical and popular music. She was awarded the Croix de Lorraine and the Légion d'honneur by the government of France.
Pons was also adept at making herself into a marketable cultural icon. Her opinions on fashion and home decorating were frequently reported in women's magazines, and she appeared as the face for Lockheed airplanes, Knox gelatin, and Libby's tomato juice advertisements. A town in Maryland named itself after her, and thereafter the singer contrived to have all her Christmas cards posted from Lilypons, Maryland. Opera News wrote in 2011, "Pons promoted herself with a kind of marketing savvy that no singer ever had shown before, and very few have since; only Luciano Pavarotti was quite so successful at exploiting the mass media."
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Traded items with a signature of Lily Pons
The most expensive item with a signature of Lily Pons (Lily PONS / noted soprano's personal diary for the year 1927 Agenda de Signed) was sold in June 2025 for $748.00 while the cheapest item (Antique Autograph Photo of French American Opera Singer & Actress Lily Pons) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2025 with an average selling price of $132.49 for an autographed item of Lily Pons. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $225.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was February 2020. In average, an autographed item from Lily Pons is worth $49.98.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lily Pons were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1934 Real Photo Lily Pons Opera Soprano Dedication Original Signed Size 7" x 5" | $145.99 |  |
| 1934 Real Photo Lily Pons Opera Soprano Dedication Original Signed Size 7" x 5" | $145.99 | |
 | LILY PONS (1898-1976) signed handwritten letter | Opera Soprano - autograph | $56.49 | |
| LILY PONS French-American soprano Orig. Autograph hand signed 1930's | $147.63 | |
| LILY PONS French-American soprano Orig. Autograph hand signed 1930's | $147.63 | |
| Real Photo Lily Pons French Opera Soprano w Original Signed 1934 Size 6 3/4"x5" | $81.99 | |
| Real Photo Lily Pons French Opera Soprano w Original Signed 1934 Size 6 3/4"x5" | $81.99 | |
| Real Photo Lily Pons Opera Soprano Dedication Original Signed 1934 Size 7" x 5" | $119.99 | |
| Real Photo Lily Pons Opera Soprano Dedication Original Signed 1934 Size 7" x 5" | $119.99 | |
 | Signed Original Lily Pons Vintage 8x10 Opera Portrait Photo Autograph Rare | $19.99 | |
| Signed Original Lily Pons Vintage 8x10 Opera Portrait Photo Autograph Rare | $19.99 | |
 | Signed Photo Attributed Lily Pons French Opera Soprano Harcourt Paris 8x10 | $199.99 | |
| Signed Photo Attributed Lily Pons French Opera Soprano Harcourt Paris 8x10 | $199.99 | |
 | Vintage Original Signed Lily Pons Glamour Portrait Photo 1930s Hollywood Actress | $19.99 | |
| Vintage Original Signed Lily Pons Glamour Portrait Photo 1930s Hollywood Actress | $19.99 | |
