Renata Galasso

[Dennis K]

I remember purchasing sets from her in the early 80's. And if you purchased a certain number of sets, I think 3 sets would qualify, she would include an autograph poster of a player being featured that year. I would ask collector friends if they were planning on buying a complete set and once I had the required amount of sets, I would send in the order. A short time later the sets and autograph poster of the star player would arrive. I have a signed posters of Reggie Jackson and another of Frank Robinson.

[mortimer brewster]

Threads like this are why I keep coming back to this forum.

[mrmopar]

Not related to RGI, but similar. I just finished reading the book Pacific Trading Cards Owner Michael Cramer put out a couple years back. He described buying Topps closeouts, buying SEMI trucks full and storing them. It's mind boggling to even think about now, but when I used to visit his retail store and get his mail order catalogs, he was selling a lot of stuff for very cheap, for a very long time because he had so much of it. I vaguely remember buying 1984 Topps Football boxes at $5 each. I don't recall the year, but they would not have been too much older, as I left for the Navy in 1987. they had the heavy black markings on the box to show they were not original retail boxes.