Burdick the Amazing

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Bill,

What a great link that you provided us to George's story on the
history of Burdick; and, the situation at the Met with respect
to his collection. I didn't find when this story was dated, but
George cites "Lew Lipset of Carefree, AZ"; so, it must be quite
recent. It certainly sounds like the situation for viewing this
collection at the Met has deteriorated significantly since I was
there, back in the mid '90s.

If I recall correctly, I did not need to convince the Met that
I was doing research on sports card collecting, then. I recall
being in a "dungeon" of a room for about 2 hours looking at all
the BB albums of the collection. One could never view all of
the albums in just 2 hours.

One thing I'll never forget: the 1934 Goudey LaJoie was simply
attached to its respective page in the 1933 Goudey section in
a plastic holder. And as you turned the page you had to be very
careful because the card was "flapping" about. A card of this
significance, certainly deserved better treatment.

Thanks much for your very informative post. Its really one of
the best yet I've seen on this forum.