Dedicated sports museums do not appear to be a prudent financial investment. The Sports Museum in NYC closed within 8 months of its opening, and the investors lost everything.

Permanent collections are housed in the Smithsonian, NY Public Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Public Library, Cooperstown and The Library of Congress. to mention a few.

There are always rotating exhibits including one that was a joint venture of Museum of Natural History and the Hall of Fame. There is also a permanent exhibit of tobacco cards on display at the British Museum in London.

Whilst we heard great things about Gary Cypress' museum, our understanding is, and we may be incorrect, that it is now closed to public.

On a personal note, we have had important pieces from our collection, albeit
most of the items on loan were not baseball cards on exhibit at The Negro League Museum in Kansas City, The Brooklyn Public Library and, most recently at the Museum of the City of New York in celebration of their Glory Days of Baseball exhibit (1947-1957) There were countless cards on display, most of which were from 1950's.

As pare of our estate planning, we are making arrangements to donate a large part of our collection to two museums. It is our hope than one of the Museums will build a permanent exhibition.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write to
us in confidence

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com