barry halper forgeries

[khkco4bls]

Great article in the new york post, 2 pages about all the fake stuff from his collection. Good read and an eye opener that all of these people were duped out of millions.

[HRBAKER]

He certainly found the right hobby.

[Shoeless Moe]

I like how some auction companies still promote "ex-Halper" item, like that is a good thing. To me it triggers, possible fake.

[perezfan]

Anyone have the link to the article?

[mr2686]

I think this is it:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/t...J2lj2tRkXhIfzH

[perezfan]

Thanks Mike

[Big Dave]

IN CHARGE OF THE BARRY HALPER AUCTION SALE:

ROBERT EDWARD AUCTIONS

A few of the significant accomplishments of Robert Edward Auctions and REA President Robert Lifson include:

The Barry Halper Collection: When Barry Halper sold his legendary collection, universally recognized as the best and by far the largest in the world, he insisted that Robert Edward Auctions oversee the historic sale. The Halper Collection realized over Twenty-Six Million Dollars.

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...r_Auction.html



AUTOGRAPH AUTHENTICATOR FOR THE BARRY HALPER AUCTION.

AUTOGRAPHS: MIKE GUTIERREZ

"Most notably, he authenticated all the sports autograph material from the Barry Halper Collection sold by Sotheby's in 1998."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/app...rrez_mike.html



AUTHENTICATORS OF ALL THE UNIFORMS IN THE BARRY HALPER AUCTION.

UNIFORMS: GREY FLANNEL

http://haulsofshame.com/blog/?p=3631

The whole article is worth the time to read.

The Sotheby’s catalogue indicates that Grey Flannel “authenticated all uniforms and apparel” sold in the Halper sale, including the 1907 Collins jersey. Grey Flannel, located in Westhampton, Long Island, states on their company website that, “In 1998 Grey Flannel was hired by Sotheby’s to authenticate the uniform collection of Barry Halper. Mr. Halper’s collection rivaled that of the Baseball Hall of Fame in scope and was offered in auction during the early part of the summer of 1999.”

In the 1999 Sotheby’s catalogue, Grey Flannel indicated they had worked with the Hall of Fame while authenticating Halper’s uniform holdings and made a point to extend their thanks to the Baseball Hall of Fame Library for, ”their time and effort assisting in our research as it proved to be invaluable.”