Has anyone seen Burdick's collection?

[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.

[barrysloate]

That collection is too big to be completely on display.

Jay Miller and I wrote an article together about our trip to see the Burdick Collection. It's in a back issue of VCBC. I forget which one, but you can click the archive center link at the upper right corner of the main page to find it.

[Matthew H]

Thanks Barry, I'll check it out!