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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

Data di pubblicazione

• 2004-12-12

Volume

• 7

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