Not all of Burdick's cards were donated to the Met. Burdick traded with many period collectors during his lifetime. One such collector was Charles "Buck" Barker. Around 1990, I acquired Barker's collection of Zeenuts , which numbered over 3000 different. As many modern era Zeenuts collectors know, Barker inscribed notes on the backs of many of his cards. These notes related to the depicted player's career, but many also included the source that he acquired the card from, and which year. While there weren't many, I know that there were some with Burdick's name written on the back (in Buck's handwriting). Although I do not recall the cards also have the Jeff B stamp, its possible that they did. Its also possible that some of the Jeff B stamped cards were later found to be duplicates and were traded off prior to his generous donation to the Met. Undoubtedly some of his cards have been stolen from the Met over the years, just as other institutions have been victim to theft. Those cards which contain the 'Met' stamp would be more suspect and should be avoided, but those which contain the other Burdick stamps should not automatically be classified as stolen material.
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