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Bruce BabcockTom Shieber. A good guy. We had some dealings when the HOF decided to use a recording of an arrangment of mine for brass band of "The Red Stockings March" in their 19th century wing.
As far as card museums go, there is one in Los Angeles which I never knew about. It's private, quite large and simply jaw dropping. The Mastro guys took two busloads of us there during the National. Cards, bats, balls, uniforms, ad pieces. Quite a bit of football as well. A collection worth millions. I'm sure insurance and and security are big issues - and expenses. One of my fellow forum members will remember the name of the owner of the collection.
One of my friends, Mike Piller, had a showing at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History for several weeks 10-12 years ago. Tremendous high end examples of mainstream issues, mostly 1910-1960s. All ungraded. He hired two guys from a local card shop to curate it for him. I don't think the general public turned out in great numbers.