Mr. Burdick's Collection at the Met!

[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...

[commishbob]

I'll be in NYC this week. Plan to try to get see the exhibit on Thursday or maybe Friday morning.

[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.