Burdick Collection

[bigfanNY]

What would be a better place to House the Burdick collection than the Met? Visited by millions of visitors each year. The staff has the expertise and resources to maintain and preserve the cards. Not saying there is not a better place just wondered what that would be.
I know because of theft that security is increased but The Met, The Library of Congress and The Baseball Hall of Fame all Offer access to their collections and that many collectors have visited one or all of these. Not easy to balance Security. Preservation and creating displays that appeal to all levels of Folks that appreciate Baseball cards.
Understanding what Burdick went through when he searched for a home for his collection we are all fortunate that he and the Met agreed on a plan to preserve his collection that said all things change and evolve
J

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

What would be a better place to House the Burdick collection than the Met? Visited by millions of visitors each year. The staff has the expertise and resources to maintain and preserve the cards. Not saying there is not a better place just wondered what that would be.
I know because of theft that security is increased but The Met, The Library of Congress and The Baseball Hall of Fame all Offer access to their collections and that many collectors have visited one or all of these. Not easy to balance Security. Preservation and creating displays that appeal to all levels of Folks that appreciate Baseball cards.
Understanding what Burdick went through when he searched for a home for his collection we are all fortunate that he and the Met agreed on a plan to preserve his collection that said all things change and evolve
J

We discussed this a while ago on the board and there was an article, I can't seem to find it now that detailed how in fact the collection had gone into bad shape and there were many pages that had to be fixed. There were also stories of people walking out with pages, this was before they limited perusal of the collection to only people with a research interest.

As for them being displayed, they are located in the corner of a lightly visited room. I've been there twice and I counted maybe 3 people on each occasion during the 20 minute interval I was present. There also wasn't a docent who could answer questions about the cards. I heard one person say that the Cracker Jack Wagner was the most valuable card, obviously mistaking it for the t206. It does the collection a severe injustice to be at a museum where it will be near the bottom of the barrel in terms of prestige.

[steve_a]

Was able to stop by this weekend and check out what was on display. Currently both Wagner and Plank are out with some OJ Cabinets, Buchners, and the usual assortment of Goudey, Bowman early Topps.

[toppcat]

I like the orange T206 Cobb-Burdick was ahead of his time!

[brass_rat]

Steve A. mentioned that both Wagner and Plank are out today. Even though you can see the Plank online, I wanted to see Burdick's in person, so I dropped by this afternoon. I'm always happy to see these cards. The OJs were really nice, too.

http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-m...ick-collection

Cheers,
Steve