Greatest Collection Ever

[isaac2004]

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I was going through videos online today and ran into this.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/gary-cy...eball-fan.html
and
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/a-day-o...nlwYWdl;_ylv=3

Long story short, it is some information about Gary Cypres, a sports collector who owns his own private museum which includes his entire collection. Some of the stuff this guy has is insane. He has a website, but not much is on there.
http://www.sportsmuseumla.com/

Tell you what, if I ever go to LA, here is one place I am going.

[BrandonG]

Pretty amazing collection! I'm near LA, but didn't he say it's not open to the public?

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by BrandonG

Pretty amazing collection! I'm near LA, but didn't he say it's not open to the public?

From what I see its not, you have to call to get an "appointment" and probably make a charitable donation to get entry, so people like you and me have little shot of getting in.

[perezfan]

I attended just before it closed its doors to the public. I can honestly say its worth any price or donation you'd have to pay, to get in. You won't regret it...

Room after room of Jaw-dropping stuff!

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by perezfan

I attended just before it closed its doors to the public. I can honestly say its worth any price or donation you'd have to pay, to get in. You won't regret it...

Room after room of Jaw-dropping stuff!

Do you remember how much admission cost was?

[yanks12025]

I see a piece on one of their walls that I want info about. Mark did you remember anything about the n172 display when you went(see photo below what I'm talking about)

[BrandonG]

Maybe I'll try to get up there soon and see what the deal is for getting access. Maybe I could use my book somehow!

Okay, so here's something I noticed that doesn't appear to be correct. During the tour of the Joe DiMaggio room, the camera points to this ball and he calls it hit #45 when he broke the record. But this baseball is not an Official ball, you can see that it has stamping on the bottom panel that is not consistent with American or National League, and wouldn't have been in play for that game, it should be a William Harridge ball as the game was played in Yankee Stadium....Thoughts?

[BrandonG]

Geez I was so caught up with looking at the baseball stamping I didn't even read the inscriptions, it says 1951 WS champs on the ball. So he's got the wrong ball in the case or something because when it pans to the right it does say it's the 1941 ball.

Side note, that ball wouldn't be an official ball for 1951 either.

[HOFautosChris]

I remember this guy used to have huge back cover ads in scd.

[HexsHeroes]

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. . . regardless of the various fraudulent pieces. As a whole, it was pretty stunning. And to think you could have had the whole collection for $30-$50 million. Didn't it realize over $200+ million at auction?

Means, opportunity, time, and a sympathetic wife = awesome collection

[drc]

The Old Judge display was made in the 1920s, as part of some anniversary. It's still rare and valuable. I believe Barry Halper had one.

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by drc

The Old Judge display was made in the 1920s, as part of some anniversary. It's still rare and valuable. I believe Barry Halper had one.

I was thinking of picking up the book on Halper's collection. Anyone have it that can attest to it being worth it?

[gnaz01]

Worth it!!