Barry Halper
Hi Pete,
Back in the late 70's/early 80's Barry Halper was always at Cooperstown during induction week. He'd walk into the card show Don Flewelling ran and I recall he bought a Christy Mathewson BB game from a dealer across from me. He and his wife also attended a show we did with local pioneer Joe King in 1979 in Boston at the Downtown 57 convention center. Again, he toured the room and bought a few pieces of cool memorabilia.
In fact, that show in 79 was attended by many NY area legends like Halper, Sonny Jackson, Marc Lewis & Warren Karp (of Card Price Up-Date note). As a matter of fact, Marc and Warren were getting ready to launch their first issue and we talked a great deal about the need for a monthly BB and FB guide. They were decent guys, I mean that whole NY crew from back in the day!
Thanks for bearing with me as I tour my own memory lane!
Regards,
Bill Hedin
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