Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisPeter
Your experience visiting the Met to view this great collection sounds really
discouraging. In the late '80s I went to the Met to see this collection, and
I thought there was a repressive atmosphere then. The employee was not
too friendly, he stood over your shoulder, rushed you through the albums,
and seemed bothered because you wanted to see the entire collection.
Anyhow, I did get to see a large part of the collection in the two hour time
frame that I was alloted. And, I'll never forget when flipping thru the pages
of the Goudey albums, and seeing the valuable Nap Lajoie (#106) card just
loosely "flapping in the air" (in its attached plastic holder), in what must of
been a last minute inclusion. I thought this card certainly deserved a more
protective mounting in the album.