Posted By:
Bruce Dorskind
In the Fall 1986 edition of The Old Judge, Lew Lipset took the time to interview
legendary baseball card collector Gene DeNardo. In his interview Denardo goes
into great detail with regard to the circumstances surrounding Burdick's
decision to donate his card collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
DeNardo also reviews in some detail the assistance that Burdick received from
Charles Bray.
About 25 years ago we held a number of meetings with Sir Edward-Wharton Tigar
(whose collection of tobacco cards now resides in the British Museum). He told
us that he did a great deal of "trading" with Bray, and Bray and Burdick were
quite close. We do not recall if Sir Edward ever mentioned meeting Burdick.
An even more impressive collection than Burdick's resides in The Library of
Congress. Each photograph from the LOC collection (most of which emanates
from one distinguished collector) can be viewed on line.
Bruce Dorskind
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