Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barry Halper
Anybody who gets a 600+ word obituary in the New York Times is probably notable http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/sports/baseball/20halper.html?_r=1&oref=slogin.  Similarly, USA Today covered him, as noted in the article.  Articles appear in Cigar Aficianado (of all places) http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,511,00.html, and CNN covered the auction. http://www.cnn.com/US/9909/24/halper.baseball.auction.01/index.html  As noted by CNN, a gallery in the Baseball Hall of Fame is named for him. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/news/download/HOF_Fact_Sheet.pdf.  Sure, the "pioneer in baseball memorabilia collecting" phrase could be written a bit better, but a quick run through a few |reliable sources with a Google search shows significant coverage, and what seems to me like clear notability
— User:TheOtherBob, 05:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)