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Posted By: Anthony

I read that Fritsch had some deal with Topps where he'd get their overstock for basically the cost of shipping. Not sure if it was forsight or just cheap warehouse space that got him all those cases of cards.

[BERTO]

Originally Posted by archive

posted by: anthony

i read that fritsch had some deal with topps where he'd get their overstock for basically the cost of shipping. Not sure if it was forsight or just cheap warehouse space that got him all those cases of cards.

renata galasso used to get all of topps cards that were leftover and alot more....they had literally stores and basements full of cards from the mid 60's all the way up till 1988, in 1988.

They had hundreds if not thousands of - each - key card in nr mt-mint condition.

I know because i worked there in the 1980's.

They had file drawers full of - each - key rookie.

1000 garvey, 1000 yount, 1000 brett, etc....was really amazing !!!!

Even then, i was like, wowwwwww.....

I remember holding handfuls of all of those rookies back in 1985.

Was unreal....

They were "perfect"....every one of them.

Probably where all the 9's and 10's came from in psa holders today.

[mrmopar]

Wonder whatever happened to her? Her ads always caught my eye as a kid and I used to order from her each year. I know it was probably less mysterious, but she just seemed to disappear from the card world over night.

[ALR-bishop]

Curt-- there is a write up about her on Wikipedia that seems to indicates she is alive at 62 but exited the baseball card market in the 90s. The article is fairly sketchy though.

[Rich Klein]

IIRC Renata was married to Bill Hongach and I think she left the business when they were no longer together and then the industry changed as well.

Rich