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MVSNYCi was at the live Halper auction at Sotheby's, it was really cool to sit in the room and see the scope of what was going past (very quickly) on the auction block...i was sitting there for the T206 Wagner Strip (many of us thought that was goin gto go for the moon, but it went cheap, IMO)...i think that was the same day Billy Crystal bought Mickey Mantle's glove for $200K+ and said he was going to jump off the balcony now...LOL.
The Halper/Sotherby's Catalog is truly a journey into the history of the game, i pull it out every so often, absolutely stunning items...his focus, mind you, wasn't on top top condition (although he had many high quality items), rather his focus was to acquire simply unique, one-of-a-kind pieces (i.e. Lou Gehrig's glove, cy young's pipe, ruth's robe, etc)...he also had the most incredible game used collection (bats, jerseys, etc)...
he was the greatest ever, i think...