Exclusive | Following the foreclosure sale of NYCs Friars Club, the son of the late William B. Williams aims to retrieve a coveted photo inside

In its heyday, New York City’s Friars Club was full of giggles, thanks to its famously risqué comedy roasts of celebrities from Milton Berle to Donald Trump and Betty White.But now, one man is facing a situation that he says is no laughing matter.The beloved late DJ William B.

Williams was a longtime club member — so much so that he was named the Friars Club Man of the Year in 1984, just two years before his death.Now that the club is shuttered and facing an uncertain future following a recent foreclosure sale of its Manhattan property, Williams’ son, Jeffrey Williams, wants a piece of his dad returned to him.

“Well, here we are, however many years later, and here I am begging and pleading with a company in California to get my father’s picture back,” Jeffrey told The Post.The club, a haven for entertainers, was founded in the early 1900s by press agents, and quickly attracted vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood stars.Radio and television personalities soon followed and, by 1958, the club owned a multi-story townhouse at 57 E.

55th St.The summer Williams passed away, Jeffrey said the club told him it would honor Williams by naming the first-floor bar the William B.Williams room.

Club brass asked for, and Jeffrey said he lent them, a giant framed photograph of Williams that was displayed prominently over the bar.A decade later, when the Friars renamed the bar room for Billy Crystal, and bumped Williams’ name and photo to the club’s billiards room, Jeffrey reiterated his wishes that the photo remain on loan — and he would like it back one day if something were to happen to the club.Then, something happened to the club.Years of fiscal mismanagement followed by a flooded kitchen and COVID-19 lockdowns stifled membership renewals.

The club stopped making payments on a $13 million mortgage to Irvine, California-based Kairos Investment Management.After the club was shuttered for good in 2022, Kairos took them to court.In early December, at the forec...