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What's Buzzing Today: Favorite cards, Steph Curry's dollar value, big 2016 Bowman breaks & spiking Michael Jordan stickers.

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As the NBA postseason marches on so does the basketball card season and the latest release from Panini America is a high-end brand loaded with hits.

Every box of 2015-16 Panini Luxe, which arrived this week, packs just four cards inside and they are all autographs or memorabilia cards for a premium price.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Gala basketball cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics:  Four autographs or memorabilia cards and one base card per five-card box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The second edition of Gala arrives with a new batch of Rookie Cards limited to only eight copies, while all autographs and memorabilia cards are limited to no more than 60 copies.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Finest distribution changes, trading Mike Trout, debating Michael Jordan and ... a ton of Flawless Kobes (way more than just those seen here).

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Jake Arrieta, Topps Heritage Red autos, 2016 Bowman, an expired LeBron James redemption & more ...

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What: 2015-16 Panini Black Gold basketball cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics:  Four autographs or memorabilia cards per two-pack box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: After two years on the gridiron, Black Gold comes to basketball bringing its acetate- and gold-laden lineup to the international game with some looks back at the ABA, too.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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A priceless stash of autographed items and game-used shoes from the 1992 USA Basketball Dream Team is hitting the auction block via Heritage Auctions, giving deep-pocketed collectors a shot at owning items from the one team that arguably revolutionized basketball on a global scale.

More than 20 lots are up for grabs -- all from the collection of Dr. David A. Fischer, who was the physician for the gold-winning squad, which is packed with legends.

"It's arguably the most significant offering of Dream Team game-used gear ever to surface in the collectible marketplace," said Chris Ivy, director of Sports Auctions at Heritage. "Due to the brief existence of the team, and the enormous fame and wealth of its members, very little Dream Team material has become available.

"This is a rare opportunity to acquire such significant material from the Dream Team," he said. "Like the team itself, there will never be another auction like this again."

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What: 2015-16 Panini Spectra basketball cards
Arrives: June 8
Box basics:  Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Spectra combines memorabilia with ink on every autographed card in the brand with jumbo memorabilia pieces to be found elsewhere in a package that's nearly all about the hits and a rainbow of color.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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Dwayne "Pearl" Washington played just three seasons in the NBA, scoring 1,660 points in 194 career games from 1986-89 with the New Jersey Nets and the Miami Heat.

But he was a legend -- a college legend.

"There was no better guy and there's nobody who has meant more to our basketball program than Dwayne Washington," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.

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San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard just finished his fifth season in the NBA and he's already added to a strong resume that should spark interest in his perhaps still-overlooked cards.

He was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for the second season in a row on Monday and that puts him in some elite territory as only the eighth player in league history to win the award in back-to-back seasons and just the ninth multi-time winner.

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The current SCP Auctions sale includes items from the personal collections of Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale and collections of memorabilia that include plenty of other big names, but it's a selection of championship rings here that's highlight-worthy.

Below is a gallery of 18 rings up for sale now and ending on April 23. Click below to enter the gallery, get a closer look, see who's owned them and what the bidding sits at now.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls dominate this all-breaks edition of Board Buzz with Topps Heritage, Museum Collection, Panini Contenders Draft and more found inside.

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Fans who attended Kobe Bryant's final game Wednesday night in Los Angeles received a 32-page KB20 book/program, which is now his newest piece of memorabilia lighting up eBay.

It's not 60-point finale hot, but it's not bad.

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As the Black Mamba prepares for his final game, Panini America is offering a timely tribute.

The "Zircus" -- a zoo and a circus -- happens on Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as Kobe Bryant plays his final NBA game, and that's the same day that a "HeroVillain" boxed set will begin shipping.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Excalibur basketball cards
Arrives: May 18
Box basics:  Three autographs or memorabilia cards per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The regal feel of Excalibur returns with the same explosive inserts but a new lineup of rookies and a heavy number of RCs and inserts per box.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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Buzz will be out fishing for Trout the next few days but will be back up to speed next week after a cross-country expedition to hopefully land the big one on cardboard. (Something like that.)

Until then, check out these notable stories from the last few months that have been some of the most-read items on the site.  (After you check these out you can browse the categories at right or search through the archives for exactly what you're seeking.)

Panini Eminence basketball cards are upping ante on everything

Gallery & SP info: 2016 Topps Heritage baseball cards

Topps creates food-issue baseball set for Walmart Marketside pizzas (updated)

eBay Buzz: This Kobe Bryant 1996-97 Topps Chrome Refractor is how much?

First Buzz: 2016 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's the third grading diary here on The Buzz ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Collecting legendary sets, breaking 2016 Topps Legacies, wishes for NASCAR, who to collect & more

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: National Treasures, Donruss blasters, Duke's finest, best baseball movies, the Maikel Franco debate & more

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Impressive pulls in cases, blasters and food-issue reactions.

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One of Kobe Bryant's final NBA All-Star Game jerseys got a big send-off on Thursday just like the star who wore it.

How? Via NBA Auctions.

The jersey was worn during the first half of his final All-Star Game on Feb. 14 in Toronto and sold for $100,040 after 74 bids -- basically doubling what is believed to be the previous high for a jersey sold on the site.

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It's nod to the past and the big screen, but one card in the forthcoming Panini NBA Player of the Day set might stand out to some collectors as different.

It's a Paul George card in the Indiana Pacers' "Hickory Pacers" uniforms worn a few times this season. Why? It's the 30th anniversary of the movie Hoosiers, an Indiana basketball staple, and that's one of the ways the Pacers are honoring the rich history of the game in the state on "Hickory Nights." It's a promotion that has resulted in big demand for Hickory items from the team.

Have the Hickory uniforms hit cardboard previously this season? Buzz hasn't seen every card but it's possible that this is the first. (Tweet Buzz or leave a comment if you have seen others.)

Now, on to the Player of the Day details ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Collectors react to the Adam LaRoche story, breaking 2016 Donruss & 2016 Topps Heritage, best NBA sets & more

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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 box: 2014-15 Panini Prizm basketball cards (super value rack box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (each pack contains three standard Prizm packs and one three-card Red, White and Blue Prizm pack)
Cards per pack: 15
Cards in this box: 180
Base set completion: 
109 of 250 (44 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of notable players – LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, Kevin Durant, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, Larry Bird, Grant Hill

Rookie Cards (short-prints) pulled (23) – Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Aaron Gordon, Noah Vonleh, Elfrid Payton, Zach Lavine, T.J. Warren, James Young, Tyler Ennis, Gary Harris, Rodney Hood, James Ennis, Kyle Anderson, Joe Harris, Jusuf Nurkic, Glenn Robinson III, Nick Johnson, Dwight Powell, Jordan Clarkson, Russ Smith, Devyn Marble, James Michael McAdoo, Nikola Mirotic

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Basketball & 2016 Topps Heritage breaks, The Mariota-Winston Debate, suspensions and lost maildays ... big lost maildays.

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