For years now, autographed books coming direct from publishers -- or direct from the authors themselves -- have been an affordable way to collect ink from notable names in all realms of pop culture.

It's not a perfect system with stamped autos, fakes and autopens sometimes in the mix -- a problem for publishers to catch as they are not authenticators -- but thanks to dedicated collectors on the Blowout Cards Forum and elsewhere, those problems often get caught and fixed ... or at least become well-known enough to avoid if it's an issue that goes uncorrected. Getting ink in-person is always best -- book tours still happen, of course -- but landing autographed editions from publishers, online sellers or celebs themselves via their websites or other appearances are common.

Our latest subject and autograph in this ongoing series? Well, this time it's something totally different, actually, as nothing recently released in the books realm has grabbed my attention. Instead, I turned to something from the comics world -- a category with plenty of signed stuff out there regularly and ink flowing.

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The box: 2026 SAGE Low Series football cards (mega)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What's Buzzing: Bowman Draft, NFL playoff action, LeBron James patches, WWE, Living Set and, of course, 2026 Topps.

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1 -- Talking Bowman Draft

2 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

3 -- Reactions to the LeBron James patches

4 -- Living Set chatter 

5 -- WWE is on their minds

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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Auction Buzz is a monthly look at some of the variety found out there on the auction block via for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions ... check 'em out.

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MODERN-DAY TREASURE OR A SUPER-FLASHY FLIP?
The Item: Shohei Ohtani & Aaron Judge 2025 Topps Chrome Update Dual Gold Logoman MVP Relic (/4)
The Price: $75,000 after 23 bids (ends Jan. 30)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This monster card came out of a pack in recent months -- well, at least its redemption did -- and it's already on the auction block for a cash-in. What is it? It's a card with the gold-threaded MLB logo patch off of game-used jerseys from the reigning MVPs from each league in 2024 as worn last year -- if you look closely at both images on the card you can see them, too. (Enhanced to make sure they stand out more? Not necessarily ... but they sure do pop on those tiny images.) Cards like these -- signed and unsigned as singles and immensely rare finds -- are some of the biggest pulls in the heavily produced brand with long odds. The back of the card has built-in windows for you to see the MLB Authentication stickers for these patches pulled from their jerseys (click to view and go look them up for yourself). Should these be a hold or moved immediately? I bet your answers are all over the place -- but the longer one waits, the more the chances other cards like this might be done over time, giving them more competition if they are all up for grabs at the same time. Ohtani and Judge are two of the game's biggest names of the here and now and figure to be later. How big among the all-timers? We'll find out when they are done ... but they are as safe as it gets right now, too.

Keep reading for more interesting pieces up for grabs right now.

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What's Buzzing: Talking 2026 Topps, Nolan Arenado, Mike Tomlin, bad centering, new NFL match-ups and more.

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1 -- Talking 2026 Topps

2 -- Nolan Arenado finally on the move

3 -- Talking Heritage High Number

4 -- Mike Tomlin's surprise exit

5 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

6 -- Good question 

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What: 2025 Panini Authentically Mahomes football cards
Arrives: Feb. 20, 2026
Box basics: Three autographs (two on-card) & three gem or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (one box per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's focused look on Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes arrives with this ultra-premium release that also will have a lower-end counterpart with a different name and inclusions (click here for that).

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2025 Panini Mahomes Icons Collection football cards
Arrives: March 4, 2026
Box basics: One memorabilia card per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's focused look on Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes arrives with this lower-end release that's a companion to the ultra-premium set with a different name and inclusions (click here for that).

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Take a minute and answer some hot-take questions and make some NFL picks -- and if you're at the top of the mountain when it's all over then you get some free cards.

It's always that simple.

YourDozen.com is back with more free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's for this weekend's NFL action as well as some Majority Rules questions. Those questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until 4 p.m. on Saturday to get your picks in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize remains a mystery item.

>>> CLICK HERE TO ENTER <<< 

Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gaets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What: 2025 Pieces of the Past Personalization Edition
Arrives: Feb. 13, 2026
Box basics: One encased Relic card per box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This higher-end approach includes cuts from documents with pieces shown on the card back every time as it's all about just the single card in the box.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The pack: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century 1/1 Pre-Production Proofs 
Where to buy: Click here (these are box-toppers in Pop Century boxes)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.

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The box: 2025 Panini Combat Anthology fighting cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a couple formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

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What's Buzzing: Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Josh Allen, Alex Bregman and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- NFL weekend reactions

2 -- A Drake Maye question

3 -- Good luck with that

4 -- Still talking Caleb Williams

5 -- Josh Allen's card prices

6 -- Alex Bregman to the Cubs

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What's Buzzing: NFL playoff reactions, a Caleb Williams question, Alex Bregman to the Cubs and much more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- A Caleb Williams question 

2 -- Alex Bregman to the Cubs

3 -- LOL

4 -- NFL weekend reactions

5 -- A $1,000 question 

6 -- Lots of card thoughts here

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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BROADWAY JOE
The Item: Joe Namath autographed 16-by-20 Sports Illustrated "Broadway Joe" cover photo (BAS witnessed)
The Price: $249
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I don't normally include the actual price when I make a bigger buy, but in this case a sale price was too strong for a piece so nice ... so I am. Why? A typical price for an item like this is substantially higher than what I paid (around $400-600) and peak asking prices are sometimes even nuttier than the normal range. This was my big Black Friday buy and I landed it via Mill Creek Sports (this is their scan as I struggled to photograph mine thanks to size/glare on my top-loader) and one reason why I grabbed it (beyond the price) was that I liked this horizontal version of the photo and its autograph placement infinitely more than the vertical version. Atop that, it's also a piece where I had a chance to land one for just $150 long ago at The National but I didn't as I didn't have a way to safely get it home. This is the iconic photo that led to the nickname for the eventual Super Bowl winner and icon who helped change the game forever. He turns 83 this year, too, and I don't think demand will lessen over time.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but NFL cards are here.

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What: 2026 Topps Chrome Premier League soccer cards
Arrives: Feb. 5, 2026
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case) or two autos per every breaker box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Chrome has the Premier League covered with a 200-card base set that has a boatload of parallels for every card, while the insert lineups include a number of standard inserts, longer pulls and and autograph in every box.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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Mystery Box Buzz Break is a new series here on The Buzz -- it's essentially a Buzz Break but only for "mystery boxes" that seem to be everywhere these days -- and not just in the sports realm. Like this and want to see more? Is there a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The mystery box: Zobie Mystery Autograph Grab Bag (Back Friday edition)
Where to buy: Via Zobie Productions (now sold out) ... find non-sports cards at BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a full breakdown and a gallery of what was in this box.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, Josh Rosen, postseason NFL chatter and some threads that'll make you think.

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1 -- Big pull for a 13-year-old

2 -- They're ready for some postseason football

3 -- "Every time I see this thread bumped, my hopes go up that something good happened and I can unload my [Josh] Rosens."

4 -- "Congrats! You just acquired a card company. Now what?"

5 -- "No ragrets" Part 2

6 -- They just don't understand 

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What: 2025 Keepsake Invincible Season 1 trading cards
Arrives: July 24
Box basics: Two Relics per 16-pack box (10 per case)
Full Product Guide PDF: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A popular and long-running Image Comics book turned animated series on Amazon Prime gets a turn on trading cards from Keepsake with a meaty debut release that includes 600 cards with more than 3,000 unique versions and a variety of types within the product.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What: 2025 Panini Flawless football cards
Arrives: Feb. 27, 2026
Box basics: Six autos, one or two gems and two or three memorabilia cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless hits the NFL field for one final fully licensed time with an array of past and present stars found in the premium type of cards that this delivered since its debut.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing: Living Set and NBA chatter, the NFL postseason is here, legal challenges and collectors' thoughts.

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1 -- Talking the Topps Living Set for NBA

2 -- Even more NBA chatter

3 -- NBA breaks are here

4 -- All your NFL chatter for this weekend's action

5 -- More thoughts from collectors 

6 -- An interesting legal challenge

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What: 2026 Leaf Glory of the Game basketball cards
Arrives: Late-February
Box basics: Four "premium" hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf focuses purely on basketball stars of the past and present in this one -- and even some from the reel world -- which includes a variety of sets and nothing but hits.

Keep reading for more details and a teaser gallery for this one.

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What: 2025 Panini PhotoGenic football cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: One autograph per 10-pack box (14 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America's photography-focused brand hits the gridiron for a sophomore release with cards showcasing today's stars in energetic ways and with that action enhanced by flashy and colorful textures as part of the designs.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2025 Panini National Treasures football cards
Arrives: Feb. 18. 2026
Box basics: Eight autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures' finale as an NFL-licensed release arrives with its familiar format, plenty of past, present and future star power and a few surprises.

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What: 2025 Panini Prospect Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 13, 2026
Box basics: Four autographed cards per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This newer brand in the Panini America lineup gets a sophomore release to showcase familiar inserts, players and more inside its packs.

Keep reading for a gallery and more info.

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The box: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview with odds/checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images in this one.

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