Has anyone seen Burdick's collection?

[Matthew H]

I will be in New York soon and was wondering if the cards on public display are worth seeing.

I also noticed in this article that some people have had access to his full collection. Maybe they are important in the hobby (writers, etc).

I was wondering if any of you have seen his collection and have a story about something you saw that has never been seen before.

Here's a link to the article originally from SCD.

http://www.oldbaseball.com/refs/burdick_again.html

[barrysloate]

Matthew- the Metropolitan typically has an assortment of cards out on display, but it is only worth seeing if you want to spend some time going through the whole museum. There simply aren't enough cards for you to make the trip solely for that reason.

As far as getting an appointment to see the whole collection, that can be difficult. Many years ago it was much easier but when baseball cards grew in popularity it became a huge nuisance for them. Now you do need a reason, such as writing a book, to be given permission to see it. If somehow you can get in to see the whole thing, that is certainly worth it. But what they have up on the walls will take up maybe two minutes of your time.

[Matthew H]

Maybe I'll skip it then. Thanks, Barry.

[barrysloate]

You can try calling them to see if you can get an appointment. You have nothing to lose. But without it, it's probably not worth it.

[Kawika]

Archive Warshaw visited the Burdick Collection back in 2004 and gave an interesting report on the old Net54. You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/245dkmq

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Archive Warshaw visited the Burdick Collection back in 2004 and gave an interesting report on the old Net54. You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/245dkmq

Thank you for that. Maybe Baseball Cards will become popular enough one day for the whole collection to be on display.