In November 1998 , the Major League Baseball commissioner 's office purchased about 20 percent of his collection , then donated the items to the Baseball Hall of Fame , which housed many of them at its Barry Halper Gallery in Cooperstown , N.Y . In September 1999 , Mr. Halper auctioned the bulk of his collection at a widely publicized Sotheby 's auction in New York for $ 21.8 million .
New York /location/location/contains Cooperstown
IN NNP CD , DT NNP NNP NNP NN POS NN VBD IN CD NN IN PRP$ NN , RB VBD DT NNS TO DT NNP NNP IN NNP , WDT VBD JJ IN PRP IN PRP$ NNP NNP NNP IN NNP , NNP . IN NNP CD , NNP NNP VBD DT NN IN PRP$ NN IN DT RB VBN NNP POS NN IN NNP NNP IN $ CD CD .
New York
LOCATION
Cooperstown
LOCATION
/location/location/contains