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Posted By: TONY

Goody Goldfaden preceded Larry Fritsch by a mile

I found a coin magazine from 1939 & while perusing I was reading the classifieds to see what people what buying back then & what they were paying

Lo & behold I see a Buy ad from Goody advertising to buy sports memorabila etc with his address in Cleveland where lived before he moved to So Cal.

But I haven't heard his name mentioned in ages & does anyone if he is still involved in the hobby or a good chance he's retired

Any info would be appreciated

Also In my mind Goody is A real hobby pioneer but I rarely hear his name mentioned.
Sit down & talk to him his a real hobby treat as his vast knowledge of the hobby went back so far

My best Goody story was way back when (you can figure out by the price he was asking)
when at a local monthly card show in Fountain Valley, Ca
Goody approached me & Mike Berkus & asked us what we were looking for
Mike asked Goody "what do you have?"

Goody as he was famous for just reached into his shirt pocket & pulled out two
1952 Topps (NOT his rookie for u novices) & showed them to us
They were probably nice ex/mt examples
Mike glanced at both & asked "how much?"
Goody quoted a price of $75 & Mike asked if he could do better
Goody that $75 was his price
Mike pulled out $75 & paid him & left
Goody then turned to me & asked if I wanted to buy the other card
& I replied I'd never paid that much for any card & wasn't about to do it today either
One of my early dumb mistakes we all made