ESPN Article on the Burdick Collection

[sycks22]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

Very refreshing to hear Paul Lucas pronounce Honus correctly. BTW did I catch a glimpes of an uncut sheet of Ramlys?

I was looking for the Burkett, but didn't get a good enough look. How are these cards placed in there? I hope they're not taped or glued. Anyone know? Amazing collection.

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I was looking for the Burkett, but didn't get a good enough look. How are these cards placed in there? I hope they're not taped or glued. Anyone know? Amazing collection.

Yes, unfortunately, he did glue them. But then again, he donated them and probably wanted them to stay there, so maybe it was a wise decision. Just look at how much stuff has walked away from the Hall of Fame, NY City Public Library, etc.

[ullmandds]

Interesting watch...the curator seemed pretty knowledgable yet had a few of her "facts" wrong.

I liked the freakish mostly orange with red streak at top t206 cobb!

[CW]

Cool video and story. Thanks for the link, Rich.

BTW did I catch a glimpes of an uncut sheet of Ramlys?

Yeah, that was weird, Dave, because at first I thought they were just Ramlys mounted to the page, but when she flipped it to look at the backs that threw me off. I'm guessing that maybe each of those pages has little windows cut out for each card so you can also view the backs. Not sure, though...

[ullmandds]

I thought they were just pasted in the book and you could see the back through the paper?!

[Zach Wheat]

Cool Rich, thanks. She is knowledgeable anyway even if some facts were incorrect.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Nice link thanks for sharing.It looks like the collection is in good hands.

[CW]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I thought they were just pasted in the book and you could see the back through the paper?!

Hmmmm, could be. It looked like you could see the indentations on the reverse from the embossing, as if they were looking at the actual card backs. I see what you're saying, though, as it could be a thinner, semi-transparent paper.

whoops, nevermind, just saw what Chris posted (thanks, btw, C)

Burdick photocopied the backs of cards that had vital information and mounted them on facing pages.

[Iron Horse]

Thank you for sharing. Amazing, though i wonder why they don't display the best stuff for people to see.

[cmcclelland]

What's the story with that T206 Cobb with the orange background and the red stripe at the top? Are there other known that look like that?

[T206Fan]

I like the fact that the rep from met thinks no one realizes that all white boarders are t206's