Burdick Collection (Deadball Era Show at the Met)

[barrysloate]

The article has a small mistake- Dan Barry wrote Christy Mathewson would rather play chess than carouse, but Matty of course was a great checkers player. Don't know if he even played chess.

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

The article has a small mistake- Dan Barry wrote Christy Mathewson would rather play chess than carouse, but Matty of course was a great checkers player. Don't know if he even played chess.

lol. Teams would hire people to try to coax him into bars for all night checker games the night before he was scheduled to pitch.

[pete zouras]

Burdick spent a lot of time mounting his cards. Are any of the cards loose, or are they all glued onto pages?

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

Burdick spent a lot of time mounting his cards. Are any of the cards loose, or are they all glued onto pages?

As memory serves, some are hinged. Hate to say this, but I remember the Goudeys had a thin layer of adhesive tape holding them in their album. Collectors frown on adhesive tape these days.

As far as making an appointment, it can be difficult. You need a reason they deem worthwhile- say writing an article or a book- to get an appointment.

[slipk1068]

As far as making an appointment, it can be difficult. You need a reason they deem worthwhile- say writing an article or a book- to get an appointment.[/QUOTE]

Wasn't like that when I went. I was there, asked someone about the cards, they said I can view them with an appointment which I made for the following week. But that was at least 15 years ago I guess maybe their policy has changed.

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

As memory serves, some are hinged. Hate to say this, but I remember the Goudeys had a thin layer of adhesive tape holding them in their album. Collectors frown on adhesive tape these days.

I remember them being in holders but I could be wrong. They took me in a back room and piled boxes on a large wooden table. When I was done with the boxes, they took them away and bought out more boxes. There were a few other people in the room viewing textiles and other stuff. I do remember the Honus card being in a large almost 8x10 picture frame. I thought this was an odd way to store Honus. Such a HUGE holder for such a small card but then again, I guess Honus is worthy of the biggest holder lol.

[slipk1068]

WOW how time flies. I am just doing the math in my head, 15 years ago would have been 1998. I was there to view there card collection 20 maybe even 25 years ago not 15 years ago. I am sure policies have changes like Barry stated

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

WOW how time flies. I am just doing the math in my head, 15 years ago would have been 1998. I was there to view there card collection 20 maybe even 25 years ago not 15 years ago. I am sure policies have changes like Barry stated

The last time I went was around 1996 or 1997, but afterwards I wrote an article for VCBC, along with Jay Miller who joined me, about the collection. I know it's changed over the years due to the large number of people who have asked to see it. Back in the 1980's, when I first went, an appointment was just a formality.