Largest private Yankee Collection

[joelsabi]

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maybe someone has this book too. i recall there being a photo of pete rose with some jersey he gave to barry. many players thought it was a privilege to be a part of his collection and gave him what we consider high end items for free.

[jboosted92]

Re: Story behind Barry Halper?

i tried for 20 minutes trying to locate a book which talks about halpers collection but cant locate it. i will post once i find it.

If Barry sold it today, it would probably go for over 100,000,000...

then again, we that sale occurred it sort of TRANSCENDED collecting, because the market recieved so many more "goods".

Now you see the #250 highest priced sold item in that auction, be a #1 item sold in todays auctions...unreal

[RJB44]

Story behind Barry Halper?

I have heard the name here and there over the years in collecting circles, most notably associated with the Sotheby's Auction, but was not quite sure what his other claim to fame was. I just did a little research on him tonight, and saw that he, in addition to passing away several years ago, was a part owner of the Yankees. How did he get such historical items? Where did his wealth come from? What put him in a position to obtain such items, his involvement with the Yankees? I couldn't find any Wikipedia on him. Just some stuff about his Auction in 1999 and some obituaries. I apologize for being ignorant on him, and maybe I am missing the big write ups on him somewhere, curious to know more about him and his collection. I saw he has kids, do they still have some of the collection?

[BIGSTIG]

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Thanks for the info. I just bought it on ebay, and look forward to reading it. Maybe this will make the train rides to work something to look forward to

[metsbats]

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David,

Great selection. How can a man have so much foresight. Barry Halper is a legend.

The best part of the story behind Halpers collection is that he got many of the historical items directly from the players and free. Many of the historical items like milestone hits or win game used items were personalized to him either on the item or some other medium.

He had the foresight to get the players to sign index cards to attest to the authenticity of the item if the item wasn't signed directly.

Talk about great provenance. Halper was a genius.

-David

[metsbats]

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Does anyone know how Marshall Fogel got his collection. Is he super rich, because i was looking through the Mears website and theirs alot of bats that say from the Marshall Fogel Collection.

Another great resource is the Mastronet bat guide. It features many of Marshall Fogel's bats. His collection features game used bats for every player in the HOF including many one of a kind bats. Mr. Fogel wrote the preface of the book and according to him Bill Mastro was one of the persons who helped him find the pieces in his collection.

_david

[yanks12025]

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Does anyone know how Marshall Fogel got his collection. Is he super rich, because i was looking through the Mears website and theirs alot of bats that say from the Marshall Fogel Collection.

[joelsabi]

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Smithsonian Baseball by Stephen Wong. I highly recommended this book. It features many pieces from the best collections in the world including Richard Angrist and Marshall Fogel (no relation to Andy).

the photography was great in the book. there was a professional phtographer with steve wong who took some great photos of the items in the collection. lots of photoshop. one thing i wished was that they had shown the displays of these collectors. i would hate to think that all these items are stored in a closet. i have seen todd mcfarlanes display of his homerun baseball collection tho. anyone else here have photos of these collections as they are displayed?

[joelsabi]

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Smithsonian Baseball by Stephen Wong. I highly recommended this book. It features many pieces from the best collections in the world including Richard Angrist and Marshall Fogel (no relation to Andy).

Also if you can get your hands on the Sotherbys catalog volumes from the Halper collection you can see the good porttion of Halpers collection that was auctioned off back in 1999. Total proceeds from the Halper auction was almost 22 million dollars. I was able to view a portion of the Halper collection in person back in 1999 when Sotherbys had a public viewing prior to the auction. Incredibily the collection was not just Yankees items as Halper collected just more than Yankees.

David

David,

Great selection. How can a man have so much foresight. Barry Halper is a legend.

[metsbats]

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Whats the name of the book, would be interested in looking at it.
Also, did they mention anything about Cubs collections?

Smithsonian Baseball by Stephen Wong. I highly recommended this book. It features many pieces from the best collections in the world including Richard Angrist and Marshall Fogel (no relation to Andy).

Also if you can get your hands on the Sotherbys catalog volumes from the Halper collection you can see the good porttion of Halpers collection that was auctioned off back in 1999. Total proceeds from the Halper auction was almost 22 million dollars. I was able to view a portion of the Halper collection in person back in 1999 when Sotherbys had a public viewing prior to the auction. Incredibily the collection was not just Yankees items as Halper collected just more than Yankees.

David

[joelsabi]

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Richard Angrist

Get the book Smithsonian Baseball. A must read on some great private collections with various collecting themes. i got a copy on ebay. It has inspired me as a collector.

[BIGSTIG]

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Whats the name of the book, would be interested in looking at it.
Also, did they mention anything about Cubs collections?

[jboosted92]

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You would have to do extensive research and read a lot of periodicals relating to collectibles, specifically Yankee gamers before coming up with any one quick answer as to who's is the largest. In short you could possibly narrow it down to several collections but you will never know for sure whose is the "largest." However, I have read of a doctor from NJ who has a game used jersey of every Yankee whose number has been retired. It is featured in a book about the HOF and some attractive collections. This individual's collection of jerseys range from Gehrig, Ruth, etc, right on up to Reggie. I'm sure there are others in that collection as well. Certainly you would agree that it's quite impressive. Hope this answer was informative for you.

Richard Angrist

[Danny899]

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I am curious to know who might have the largest privately owned collection of New York Yankee memorabilia?, primarily Jerseys, bats and helmets.

Thanks

You would have to do extensive research and read a lot of periodicals relating to collectibles, specifically Yankee gamers before coming up with any one quick answer as to who's is the largest. In short you could possibly narrow it down to several collections but you will never know for sure whose is the "largest." However, I have read of a doctor from NJ who has a game used jersey of every Yankee whose number has been retired. It is featured in a book about the HOF and some attractive collections. This individual's collection of jerseys range from Gehrig, Ruth, etc, right on up to Reggie. I'm sure there are others in that collection as well. Certainly you would agree that it's quite impressive. Hope this answer was informative for you.

[Vintagedeputy]

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The Barry Halper estate