Collection Held at THE MET MUSEUM

[todeen]

Anyone ever stumble upon this while searching the web? Pretty nice gallery to view of T202 and boxing cards.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!/search?artist=Hassan%20Cigarettes$Hassan%20Cigaret tes

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Burdick Collection is well known.

[Leon]

The Burdick Collection is well known.

And one I hope to see one day and not just have a copy of the directory.

Fun fact - Dr. James Lowe's (editor of this directory below) son Jeff has been on our forum for several years. I had the privilege of meeting him at a Philly show some years back. Dr. Lowe is where I was fortunate enough to acquire Walt Corson's hobby publication stuff. I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Lowe a few times.

http://luckeycards.com/met1.jpg
http://luckeycards.com/met2.jpg
http://luckeycards.com/met3.jpg
http://luckeycards.com/met4.jpg
http://luckeycards.com/met5.jpg

[trdcrdkid]

Here's a post about how the Burdick Collection came to the Met, starting in the late 1940s.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=240887

And here are some recollections of Burdick by people who knew him:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=224897

[ericm79]

There's a really nice section on Burdick's life and work in Dave Jamieson's eminently readable "Mint Condition" book on the history of the hobby.