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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 50, December 12, 2004, Article 10

    FORBES ARTICLE ON DEALER JIM HALPERIN

    Forbes magazine published an article about one of our
    E-Sylum readers, Jim Halperin:

    "While a Harvard freshman in 1971, Halperin formed New
    England Rare Coin Galleries. In a decade he turned it
    into one of the nation's biggest rare coin galleries.
    Halperin had the gift of a photographic memory for coins,
    which meant that at a glance he could determine the
    quality of a coin, as well as its scarcity and value in
    relation to other examples. His How to Grade U.S. Coins
    (Ivy Press, 1986) is a classic. His discerning eye has
    helped him come out on the winning side of most deals-
    and gotten him into hot water. He sold his dealership
    in 1982 to an associate, Dana Willis, and decamped to
    warmer and richer Dallas, where he joined forces with
    friend and major competitor R. Steve Ivy to found Heritage
    Rare Coins. But the New England firm went bankrupt in
    1987 after the FTC charged Willis with fraud for
    misrepresenting coins he had sold at outrageous prices."

    "From $15 million a decade ago, Heritage is on track to
    sell $300 million worth of coins, comics, sports cards
    and other collectibles this year, pocketing an estimated
    $60 million in commissions and netting some $5 million"

    To read the full article, see: http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v07n50a10.html

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  • 2004-12-12
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  • 7

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