u/Key_Bag4468

Picked up two boxes of 2026 Donruss and I gotta be honest it was a ton of fun to rip. New England race fans have got to LOVE the Ryan Blaney card even if he's not your driver as he's pictured following a Loudon NH win holding the giant lobster. So far my favorite card in the set. Good selection of numbered cards including the Austin Dillion 1/3 and the William Byron auto 25/25. And that red wave Hendricks Motor Sports Logo 73/99 is a sick looking card and going directly into my Kyle Larson collection. The Daniel Hemeric 15/19 was the other significantly low numbered card. Overall the design is great and each pack was a blast 💥.

Finally got the rest of my collection out of the ex-wife's house this past weekend. This is all the stuff I ripped over the years 1996-2018 and tucked away in boxes while I was going to college, building a career and raising a family. The haul I brought home yesterday consists of (5) 5000 count boxes (12) 3200 count boxes and two shoe boxes. It's been so long since I went through these that it's like a flea market find except I already owned it. Lol. A lot of junk wax stuff but I also had a knack of finding interesting/regional/test/oddball items so if I find anything interesting I'll toss it up here. Went through one of the shoeboxes last night as a warm-up.....here are the highlights from the first box.......

In the early to mid 80's before it was the thing it is now I used to do a lot of TTM autographs. I got a lot of HOFers and contemporary greats of the game but the single best signer was Mike Schmidt. He always responded, signed the item and included a note. In this response from 1987 he included a letter that addressed his 500th HR milestone and was personalized. And in this case he sent two signatures in the same blue sharpie. I don't know how he is today. I haven't sent out requests in years but hats off to Mike Schmidt and his efforts to respond to fans. Thought you folks might enjoy seeing this. It's one of my favorite pieces in my autograph collection.