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Old 06-10-2017, 10:27 PM
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Default Hobby history: The Burdick collection, 1947-49 (T206 Wagner, Old Judges, etc.)

Most people on this board are probably aware of the J. R. Burdick card collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which contains complete or near-complete sets of most sets of tobacco, gum, and other insert cards from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. What's less commonly known is how collaborative the Burdick collection actually was. Burdick announced his intention to donate his collection to the Met in the December 1, 1947 issue of Card Collector's Bulletin (#51), and over the next decade or more (but most frequently in the first couple of years), Burdick wrote a "Metropolitan Notes" column for CCB in which he reported on his progress in sending his collection to the Met and getting it ready for display. These columns make it clear that the collecting fraternity of the late 1940s thought of the collection as a "national" one that would represent the hobby for future generations, and Burdick frequently reported on cards that other collectors had donated for the collection, and listed cards that he still needed.

Below I've posted that December 1, 1947 article in which Burdick announced that he was donating his collection, followed by all the articles from the next two years (through December 1, 1949) in which he reported on his progress with it. Burdick wrote something about the collection in every issue during that time except the April 1, 1949 one. I've added the date of each article after the first one. Of particular note to this board is the October 1, 1948 issue, in which Burdick reported that John D. Wagner had donated a T206 Wagner to the collection; the following issue (December 1, 1948), in which Burdick reported that Wagner had donated 207 Old Judges that Burdick did not have; and August 1, 1949, in which Burdick reported on the baseball cards that were missing from the collection. My CCB collection is much more sporadic for the next five years, but when I have time I'll see if I can post some of Burdick's Metropolitan Notes columns from the mid-to-late 1950s.




February 1, 1948 (#52)


April 1, 1948 (#53)


June 1, 1948 (#54)


August 1, 1948 (#55)


October 1, 1948 (#56)


December 1, 1948 (#57)


February 1, 1949 (#58)


June 1, 1949 (#60)


August 1, 1949 (#61)



October 1, 1949 (#62)


December 1, 1949 (#63)
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