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Regarding......"Did anyone here personally know Barry Halper?"

I met Barry at the Meadowlands, NJ Show in 1981. We both set-up our "goodies" at this show back in the early 1980's.
We hit it off, as I was an avid Yankees fan, and Barry's Paper Business was situated in my hometown of Elizabeth, NJ.
I sold Barry some rare items for his collection in the 1980's. Most significant was the complete set of the original print-
ing plates for the 1954 Bowman set....7 plates with 32 images on each [which included the Ted Williams (#66) image].

Here's an autographed photo I have of Joe DiMaggio and Radio celebrity, Bob Grant, which was snapped by Barry in one
of his memorabilia rooms in 1982. As we all know, DiMaggio was a very private person. When Joe was on the East Coast
to meet someone, he would call Barry to set up the rendezvous at Halper's home.

Barry was certainly one of the most interesting guys that I have met in this hobby.






TED Z