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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
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This Amendment (Check only one):
[ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Bedford Oak Partners, L.P.
Address: 100 South Bedford Road
Mt. Kisco, New York 10549
Form 13F File Number: 28-05207
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by
whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is
authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct
and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Dennis H. Javer
Title: Chief Financial Officer of Bedford Oak Management, LLC, General
Partner of Bedford Oak Partners, L.P.
Phone: (914) 242-5725
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Dennis H. Javer Mt. Kisco, New York October 13, 2000
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting
manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report,
and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for
this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are
reported by other reporting manager(s).)
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 69
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $94,485 (thousands)
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List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this
list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries].
No. 1
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Form 13F File Number 28-05209
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Name: Bedford Oak Advisors, LLC
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No. 2
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Form 13F File Number 28-05211
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Name: Harvey P. Eisen
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Title Voting Authority
of Value Shares/ SH/ Put/ Invstmt Other -----------------------
Name of Issuer Class CUSIP (x$1000) prn amt PRN Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None
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ATS Medical COM 002083103 1506 100000 SH Defined 1,2 100000
Abraxas Pete Corp. COM 003830106 1815 468500 SH Defined 1,2 468500
Acceptance Insurance COM 004308102 4637 700000 SH Defined 1,2 700000
Amgen COM 031162100 3491 50000 SH Defined 1,2 50000
Avatex COM 05349F402 372 992000 SH Defined 1,2 992000
Ballantyne of Omaha COM 058516105 349 310000 SH Defined 1,2 310000
Bank America COM 060505104 2619 50000 SH Defined 1,2 50000
Bank One Corp. COM 06423A103 2897 75000 SH Defined 1,2 75000
Bear Stearns COM 073902108 3055 48500 SH Defined 1,2 48500
Bristol Myers COM 110122108 2571 45000 SH Defined 1,2 45000
CNA Financial COM 126117100 574 15000 SH Defined 1,2 15000
Cable Design COM 126924109 486 20000 SH Defined 1,2 20000
Cache COM 127150308 500 181900 SH Defined 1,2 181900
Capital Trust COM 14052H100 3757 835000 SH Defined 1,2 835000
Ceridian Corp COM 15677T106 842 30000 SH Defined 1,2 30000
Chart House Enterprise COM 160902102 302 52600 SH Defined 1,2 52600
Chase Manhattan Bank COM 16161A108 4480 97000 SH Defined 1,2 97000
Citigroup COM 172967101 216 4000 SH Defined 1,2 4000
Coinstar COM 19259P300 2923 215508 SH Defined 1,2 215508
Coram Health COM 218103109 171 1785000 SH Defined 1,2 1785000
Core Inc. COM 21867P102 1050 175000 SH Defined 1,2 175000
Cotton States Life COM 221774102 1025 111600 SH Defined 1,2 111600
Countrywide COM 222372104 1774 47000 SH Defined 1,2 47000
Covalent Group COM 222815102 1778 547142 SH Defined 1,2 547142
Danielson Holding COM 236274106 1319 319800 SH Defined 1,2 319800
Data Broadcasting COM 237596101 896 281000 SH Defined 1,2 281000
Davel COM 238341101 18 97200 SH Defined 1,2 97200
Dental/Medical Diagnostic COM 24873K208 379 337079 SH Defined 1,2 337079
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. COM 26483E100 1928 56000 SH Defined 1,2 56000
Emcore COM 290846104 832 20000 SH Defined 1,2 20000
Ezenial COM 302311105 49 20000 SH Defined 1,2 20000
Gemstar COM G3788V106 3487 40000 SH Defined 1,2 40000
General Dynamics COM 369550108 628 10000 SH Defined 1,2 10000
General Motors COM 370442105 1170 18000 SH Defined 1,2 18000
Giant Group COM 374503100 60 137700 SH Defined 1,2 137700
Glacier Water Service COM 376395109 587 50000 SH Defined 1,2 50000
Healtheon/WEBMD CORP COM 422209106 762 50000 SH Defined 1,2 50000
Home Products Int'l COM 437305105 109 70000 SH Defined 1,2 70000
IMS Health COM 449934108 1867 90000 SH Defined 1,2 90000
Immunex COM 452528102 2175 50000 SH Defined 1,2 50000
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 3637 230000 SH Defined 1,2 230000
Lincoln National COM 534187109 626 13000 SH Defined 1,2 13000
Meridian Resource COM 58977Q109 687 100000 SH Defined 1,2 100000
Mueller Ind COM 624756102 4039 180000 SH Defined 1,2 180000
Nabisco Group Holdings COM 62952P102 2764 97000 SH Defined 1,2 97000
Neutral Posture COM 64125E105 31 25100 SH Defined 1,2 25100
Pall Corp. COM 696429307 797 40000 SH Defined 1,2 40000
Paravant Companies COM 699376109 568 206500 SH Defined 1,2 206500
Phar-Mor COM 717113203 148 118400 SH Defined 1,2 118400
Pioneer Corp ADR COM 723646105 206 5000 SH Defined 1,2 5000
Plains Resources COM 726540503 3058 162000 SH Defined 1,2 162000
Quentra Networks COM 748337102 681 200000 SH Defined 1,2 200000
Ramco Energy COM 75144Q101 722 105000 SH Defined 1,2 105000
Riddell Sports Inc COM 765670104 500 100000 SH Defined 1,2 100000
Right Start COM 766574206 707 353400 SH Defined 1,2 353400
Ryder COM 783549108 2673 145000 SH Defined 1,2 145000
Silicon Graphics COM 827056102 1031 250000 SH Defined 1,2 250000
Southwestern Life COM 845606102 1237 100000 SH Defined 1,2 100000
Strouds Inc. COM 863451100 346 692800 SH Defined 1,2 692800
Surety Capital COM 12612L108 747 65000 SH Defined 1,2 65000
Tosco COM 891490302 1996 64000 SH Defined 1,2 64000
Tyco International COM 902124106 4046 78000 SH Defined 1,2 78000
United Parcel Service COM 911312106 789 14000 SH Defined 1,2 14000
Whitman Educational Group COM 966524100 2338 1100285 SH Defined 1,2 1100285
Fujikura COM 6356707 123 15000 SH Defined 1,2 15000
Itochu Corp. COM 6467803 46 10000 SH Defined 1,2 10000
Kainos Labs. COM 6480899 92 10000 SH Defined 1,2 10000
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. COM 6597089 108 35000 SH Defined 1,2 35000
Murata MFG. Ltd. COM 6610403 276 2000 SH Defined 1,2 2000
REPORT SUMMARY 69 DATA RECORDS 94485 2 OTHER MANAGERS ON WHOSE BEHALF REPORT IS FILED
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