HE BUILT IT … AND THEY COME
The last time the Stadia Collectors column ran, I profiled the Stadia collection of my friend Richie B., who managed to shoehorn an incredible number of seats, signs and other ballpark memorabilia into a relatively compact space in his downstairs level.
As he gave me the grand tour I kept saying, “You’ve got enough for a small museum here.” Alas, like many of us who are proud of our collections, Richie is not able to share his accumulation of memorabilia with more than a couple of people at a time and maneuvering through the tight walkways of his basement is a challenge.
But what if you could open a museum to the public and proudly display your treasures? Would you do it?
Bruce Hellerstein did.
By day, Bruce runs his own accounting firm in Denver, Colo. We talked over the years as he pursued various pieces for his ever-growing collection, and he was always supportive and enthusiastic about our Stadia Collector column. Then, we fell out of touch for a while as I went on hiatus to write some novels while liquidating much of my own collection before rearranging my most valued memorabilia into the “man cave” that was profiled in the Jan. 31, 2020 issue of SCD.
But when the Richie B.
