Mr. Burdick's Collection at the Met!

[irishdenny]

I've been waiting for the opportunity to get a Good Look @ His Life's Work!
Hopefully Next month works out, & my Long Await'd Day will be Grand! : )

If this was mention'd Already... Than Please take this as a Reminder ~

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibition...ruary-rotation

[Corporal Lance Boil]

That looks great! Wish I didn't live so far away or I'd love to see it in person.

The Met has always been a black hole for me, though, stop in for an hour and spend a week, ala "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler".

Tony

[Jobu]

Denny -- Tell em that Johnny says hi!

[bigfanNY]

In 1975 my Dad made an appointment to see the Burdick collection. We got a catalog of the collection and the Docent asked if we wanted Baseball or non sports. We said Baseball and early tobacco cards. We spent the whole day stopping briefly for a hot dog from a cart outside. One of my clearest memories was the Wagner was on a stamp hinge so that you could see the back of the card. It is such a shame that dishonest folks stole from the collection and took this experiance away from collectors.

[Snapolit1]

I went last year and at the time it was just framed cards on one or two hallways. Was really cool but quite small. Wonder if this is something more elaborate.

[HercDriver]

I've been a few times over the last few years, and it is like you said, a few things, selected around a theme. It rotates every 6-12 months, maybe? Last time I was there, it was the boxing cards, which were displayed with some of the museum's collection of boxing art and photos. It was really well done, and extremely interesting. Before that, the one I saw had a lot of baseball cards, grouped in frames of about 20-30, from various sets. It's funny that they will display the cards, and on the wall will be the description, with the players' names. If a card is damaged, where the name is not readable, the wall placard says "Unknown." It would take about two minutes of research to figure out who the card is, but they don't bother, which always seemed to be weird to me. Anyway, it's well worth seeing. And check out the room with the armor and muskets...awesome! And Washington Crossing the Delaware, which I could stare at for hours.

[T206Collector]

You can also now search his collection. Amazing!

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...asc&perPage=20

And here’s my personal contribution. Signed by Lefty, stamped by Burdick...

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by HercDriver

I And Washington Crossing the Delaware, which I could stare at for hours.

Yes!

Burdick was well hidden and a bit underwhelming

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I went last year and at the time it was just framed cards on one or two hallways. Was really cool but quite small. Wonder if this is something more elaborate.

It used to be the case that with an appointment you could view the whole collection or substantial parts of it in a separate room, is my understanding.

[brass_rat]

A few months back they moved the location of the rotating display to an even more secluded area of the museum -- so if you can't find it, don't be discouraged, just ask one of the museum guides. You'll likely be the only person in the vicinity, even on a busy weekend day.

Given the breadth of his collection, the actual display is very modest, but it's neat to see how Burdick mounted each card so carefully.

The bulk of the collection is no longer accessible to the public...I even contacted those responsible for the collection and asked "pretty please".

[Kawika]

My wife and I visited the MET in 2007 and I had a look at the Burdick exhibit. It was not exactly a thrill. Just a dozen or so framed groupings of cards and no other ancillary displays in an out-of-the-way hallway. The layperson might think it was cool but my guess is the average guy here would be underwhelmed. I understand they change out the cards every so often, and maybe it has been improved but I don't know.

[barrysloate]

I saw the main collection many times in the 1980's and 90's, and it was easy to get an appointment. But as has been pointed out, people have stolen things from it over the years. It's too bad it's no longer available for viewing. Burdick would not have been happy about that.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It's too bad it's no longer available for viewing. Burdick would not have been happy about that.

You can view it all - or at least 52,727 items so far uploaded - here:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...asc&perPage=20

Here’s 12,253 of his baseball cards:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...seball%20cards

And 540 of his T206 cards here:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...earchField=All

Including his Plank:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413206

And his Magie error:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413530

And a messed up color pass Cobb:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413043


He had a bunch of missing color scraps! Amazing...



https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413542

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413429

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/414040

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413580

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413609

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413589

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/414042

[autograf]

going to NYC next week and planning on visiting Burdick collection. I have an appointment I believe to see some of the actual binders. Will let you know how (if) it goes.

There are tons of pictures in that digitized Met site. I went down the rabbit hole for a few hours a couple times on that site..........still a lot unscanned or missing but there's tons of great stuff there..........sports and nonsports.......

[Jobu]

Thanks for the links Paul! Cool cards. I think the Cobb is sun-faded, not a messed up color pass.

Originally Posted by T206Collector

You can view it all - or at least 52,727 items so far uploaded - here:

And a messed up color pass Cobb:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/413043

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

You can view it all - or at least 52,727 items so far uploaded - here:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...asc&perPage=20

Here’s 12,253 of his baseball cards:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...seball%20cards

You can view them all if you have the time, but in my experience the search functionality on the Met's website is horrible. Good luck if you are searching for something specific. Ostensibly because even in that department the Met people are not hobby people per se, they list the sets differently than people here would. For example, 1953 Topps is referred to as the "1953 Dugout Quiz" series due to the cartoons on the back. This kind of thing makes a Google-type search difficult. And even just paging through the entirety of the collection - things are not necessarily in order if you just continually use the "next page" functionality. They go from Topps cards to 19th century actor and actress cards, then back to baseball, etc. etc.

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I saw the main collection many times in the 1980's and 90's, and it was easy to get an appointment. But as has been pointed out, people have stolen things from it over the years. It's too bad it's no longer available for viewing. Burdick would not have been happy about that.

Yeah... i decided Not ta go!

Way ta Turn, A Good ting Bad Guys...

(oN the Other hand!?)

Adam, thanks fir the grand writeup!
I remember reading it and wanting to go.
(Yeah, its been awhile

However, if Your free next month, maybe we could meet in New York and use your Creds ta get us All iN!!!!

Sorry, i got a lil excited dare...

And as for as the Mr. Cobb goes, i've learn'd a bit ago
I gotta Look at the Card iN me Hand!
(Not the Other Hand... ThiS Hand

(Bryan, Sell me your Jennings Ghost