Word: halper
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This isn't kid stuff. McGwire's 70th homer ball last season fetched $3 million. The famous Barry Halper collection, which includes Ty Cobb's dentures and a lock of Babe Ruth's hair, will rake in an estimated $45 million at auction next month. Baseball memorabilia has never been more dear, owing to a tidal wave of enthusiasm for the sport that stems in large part from last year's Sammy and Mark show--airing again this year...
Over the years, Mantle may have lost several fortunes, but he never lost his sense of humor. At a press conference a month after the transplant, Mantle spotted noted collector Barry Halper and asked, "Barry, what did you pay for my old liver?" The prognosis for Mantle was hopeful then. But an undetected lung cancer began to spread, and on Aug. 4 he re-entered the hospital...
...first Halper didn't want to accept her doctor's diagnosis: repetitive strain injury (RSI) caused by too many long hours at the word processor. Neither did the company, which she says accused her of exaggerating her symptoms to get out of work. According to Halper, RCA managers demanded that she withdraw a workers' compensation claim and tell her caseworker that the injury wasn't job related after all. When she refused, says Halper, they began a campaign of intimidation and harassment. They moved her into a smaller office. They excluded her from meetings. They asked her to take...
...Bonnie Halper was banging out advertising and publicity copy for RCA Records 2 1/2 years ago when she felt a tingling in her right pinky. Not knowing what caused it, Halper kept right on typing. Within half an hour her right hand and arm were numb. In less than a month, she was effectively disabled on both sides -- unable to turn a doorknob, tie her shoelaces, button her clothes or brush her teeth without excruciating pain...
...Instead, Halper hired an attorney and sued RCA Records and its parent company, Bertelsmann Music Group, for $50 million. (A spokesperson for Bertelsmann would not comment on the case.) Halper also filed a claim against her employer under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act -- one of the first such claims filed by an RSI victim in New York...