Actor JAMES DEAN Signed Autographed Baseball W/ Barry Halper Letter
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Genuine Actor JAMES DEAN Signed Autographed Baseball with Barry Halper COA Letter. Guaranteed authentic hand signed in ink by James Dean. Baseball has age appropriate wear and appears to be a genuine games used baseball. Acquired as part of the Warren Rideout autograph collection which we have been selling the past 9 months and every buyer has been satisfied. We have sold hundreds so far that included John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Judy Garland, Thomas Edison, Peter Cushing and many mor...e. I recently acquired a lifetime collection of genuine celebrity autographs from the estate of Warren Rideout, he collected signed items for decades. All are guaranteed authentic hand signed by the actual person - none are autopen or reprints unless indicated. Most of his collection was Hollywood and pop culture related but he also had some famous sports stars, boxers and captains of industry. LIFELONG COLLECTION OF WARREN RIDEOUT FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS....WARREN WAS A LIFELONG COLLECTOR OF TV & MOVIE STARS AND PERSONALITIES. HE AND HIS TWO BROTHERS OWNED A TV AND MOVIE MEMORABILIA STORE IN BOSTON. THEY SOLD PHOTOS, MOVIE POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, AUTOGRAPHS AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH TV & MOVIES . WARREN HAD WORLDWIDE CONTACTS IN NEW YORK, HOLLYWOOD, AND LONDON. HE WOULD ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHEN THE STARS WERE COMING TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON; FOLLOW THEM THERE, AND TAKE HIS OWN PICTURES OF THEM. He had always carried blank cards and would ask the person for their signature. Warren Rideout had subscribed to Autograph Collector magazine for years, he was a very advanced signature collector.
Barry Halper (December 3, 1939 – December 18, 2005) was an extensive collector of baseball memorabilia who had been a limited partner owning about 1% of the New York Yankees. During the auction of Halper's collection, Sotheby's Auction House called it the "World Series of Sports Auctions."
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor from Indiana. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.Before he was James Dean, he was Jimmy Dean the star athlete:Known as Jimmy Dean, he batted .333 on his American Legion Baseball team and played all four years as third baseman for Fairmount High.
Barry Halper (December 3, 1939 – December 18, 2005) was an extensive collector of baseball memorabilia who had been a limited partner owning about 1% of the New York Yankees. During the auction of Halper's collection, Sotheby's Auction House called it the "World Series of Sports Auctions."
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor from Indiana. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.Before he was James Dean, he was Jimmy Dean the star athlete:Known as Jimmy Dean, he batted .333 on his American Legion Baseball team and played all four years as third baseman for Fairmount High.
