Another fine piece about stolen baseball memorabilia from the Prime Minister

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

1. Anyone else amazed that Goldfadden is still alive?

2. I wonder what the statute of limitations is on something like this? Some of this stuff was stolen 30+ years ago and has gone through multiple hands. Does the right to retrieve it ever end?

1. I am surprised he is still around.

2. Can there ever be clear title to stolen goods, while still not in the original owners (stolen from) hands?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Leon

2. Can there ever be clear title to stolen goods, while still not in the original owners (stolen from) hands?

I would think it's still considered stolen goods no matter how many hands something has been through. Imagine if the Mona Lisa was stolen 50 years ago and is missing all that time and gone through numerous hands...it still would belong to the Louvre.

[Leon]

Well, I am far from being a lawyer but I have to guess there is a statute of limitations for prosecution but maybe not for clean title?

I think we have all seen where the Nazi stolen Jewish art from WWII has been retrieved and returned to the rightful owners families.

[tedzan]

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.






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