Buzz Break: 2021 Historic Autographs Famous Americans

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The box: 2021 Historic Autographs Famous Americans (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
First Buzz preview: Click here (checklist is in gallery with break below)

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

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 59
Base set completion: 
48 of 220 (22 percent) (either front version -- "HISTORIC" OR "INSPIRE")
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Honus Wagner, Harry Houdini, Robert Frost, Ed Delahanty, Emily Post, Zane Grey, Molly Brown, The Sundance Kid, George Washington Carver, Doc Holliday, Levi Strauss, Dolley Madison, "Pecos Bill" Shafter, Eli Whitney, Kit Carson, William T. Sherman

Insert/short-print cards: 10
Short-prints (red Nos. 221-330) (INSPIRE) (3) – James Stewart, Marvin Gaye, Hewlett & Packard
Short-prints (red Nos. 221-330) (HISTORIC) (1) – Elvis Presley
Alloy parallels (INSPIRE) (5) – "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Alexander Milne Calder, Joshua Slocum, Mary Cassatt, Elihu Root (announced /150)
Aurora parallels (INSPIRE) (1) – Mary McCarty (announced /25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Movie Clip Card Relics (three frames) (1) – Elizabeth Davidtz in Matilda (/20)

What's Buzz-worthy: I decided to revisit this one with a couple of blasters and this box included a couple of rarer finds and some iconic names for sure. ... The checklist for this one is as huge as the variety of who's found inside -- more than 200 standard cards and then more than 100 more SPs atop that with a checklist that is loaded with names you should know and then a ton of names you do. Is a set like this for everybody? Perhaps not -- especially not you flippers out there -- but it could still yield interesting results with autographs, memorabilia and more all in there and with some type of hit (likely memorabilia cards or movie film cards) here every single time. The base cards here have a spot gloss surface that either reads INSPIRE or HISTORIC across the face of the card. The SPs and parallels broke a little differently ... so maybe if some segment of the overall population is tougher then a popular name like what I found in the Elvis Presley card might surprise and lead to some bidders not wanting to chase in packs knowing it's rarer. (Maybe.) You can see the full checklist of product inclusions starting with the gallery below. I did spot some film Relics I wouldn't mind finding even if the film stock itself isn't all that rare -- the cards seem to be though and they are serial-numbered, too, to show the volume made for each version. (Some good names are here.) The modern names are perhaps more plentiful in the SPs and hits and the company said it intends to make this more like a "living set" that adds more people to it over time. I was a little surprised by the clean cuts and stock here -- it seems stronger than some stuff in the realm (though cards here are far cleaner than the cuts in factory sets) -- and it may be quite slab-friendly for key names.

Product Grade: A- (huge set with a ton of names from all around us ... without breaking the bank)
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B (a lot of names one might not know might make some boxes run dry value-wise)

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