What: 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 18
Box basics: One autograph per hobby box (12 per case), three autos per HTA jumbo or First Day Issue jumbo box (eight per case) + several other formats in gallery

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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome will return to the officially licensed NBA hardwood for the first time in 16 years as a follow-up to two seasons of partial-licensing releases -- and we have some autographs and inserts as early teasers to prove it.

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The pack: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (jumbo)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin take home Rookie of the Year honors, pondering the NFL MVP and more on a Tuesday morning.

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1 -- Nick Kurtz is your AL ROY ... Drake Baldwin is your NL ROY

2 -- All your other MLB chatter is here

3 -- Pondering this year's NFL MVP (already) ... Even more NFL talk 

4 -- New NBA pulls .... Full NBA chatter

5 -- TTM autographs are on their minds

6 -- Talking graded cards

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 10, NBA loses a legend in Lenny Wilkens, shill bidding, a revealing grading question, new pulls and Munetaka Murakami.

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1 -- NFL Week 10 reactions

2 -- Basketball Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens dies at 88

3 -- Talking about shill bidding

4 -- A revealing grading question?

5 -- New football breaks are here 

6 -- Munetaka Murakami is on their minds

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What's Buzzing: Dallas Cowboys lose a young team member, NFL Week 10, Topps NBA, sketch cards, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Marshawn Kneeland and more NFL talk here

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- Topps NBA still on their minds ... and the Living Set

4 -- Sketch cards are the topic here

5 -- New pulls are popping

6 -- All your offseason MLB talk 

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What's Buzzing: Inside some Donruss WNBA, NFL Week 10, new pulls, signed books, Hall of Famers and more.

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1 -- Ripping into some Donruss WNBA

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- All your MLB talk

4 -- New pulls are popping here

5 -- Talking autographed books

6 -- Chewing on the Hall of Fame committee ballot

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The pack: 2024-25 Panini NBA Hoops basketball cards (value)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 9 reactions, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshibobu Yamamoto, NFL trades and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 9 reactions

2 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani ... and the World Series MVP

3 -- Talking NFL trade deadline

4 -- Even more NFL chatter is here

5 -- Nope.

6 -- Check out football breaks 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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BOOK IT, BARRYMORE!
The Card: Drew Barrymore 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition Chapter 1 A-List Magazine Purple Autographs (/10)
The Price: A lot less than some others have paid for her booklets
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I'm not a big fan of how her abbreviated autograph looks on a sticker -- but since she has a long name I understand why she signs that way -- but I do casually collect some of her stuff, mostly 1990s-on (like in this photo), when it presents itself. Why? Just for something different ... so that's why we're here. Until Leaf's recent signing sessions with her, she's never had a certified autograph despite a lifetime on film and on cardboard since the early 1980s starting with Topps' E.T. set. Rather than obsess about her ink, I waited out a good price on this booklet and crossed it off the list. It's an unusual design -- not the typical kind of book -- but prices on her signed stuff have been steep with a lot of them being lower-volume cards. Many of her autos -- even solo ones -- can sell for $100 and up and combo booklets can be even steeper. I found this for less than that ... so it was a win for me.
Grab a box right here: Non-sports cards are here.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MY LONE AUTO ...
The Card: Aaron Judge 2015 Bowman Inception Prospect Autographs Gold (/50)
The Reason Graded: Back when I could open a lot of boxes, I'd actually also do some group breaks as well -- as long as they were sure things where an affordable spot would guarantee a hit or had a volume of actual hits inside (auto or mem cards) the case that was high enough to make the odds close to that. This is my lone Aaron Judge auto left from back in those days. I landed it in a spot somewhere around just $60 -- and I actually got two other Yankees autos in the break to make my cost for this particular card even lower. I only ever pulled one other Judge auto and I think I let it go in a trade long, long ago so this last one standing for me was always a candidate for grading -- and it finally made the cut with his monster year.
The Grade: CGC 8.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: The thick stock here made this one feel like a safe pick and it is -- the front is perfect -- but the back corners also count and some light fuzzing there is likely what dropped this one down. Otherwise, it definitely presents as a crisp card and a perfect card on the front. I was aiming for a nine, so this mark was a slight bummer -- but it's still a big card. Mine is the only Gold graded by CGC and among the 12 graded in all colors nothing checks in higher than a nine.

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani puts on a show (again), Cooper Flagg, Wemby, NFL Week 8, showing off Ohtani cards and more.

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1 -- Shohei Ohtani puts on a show in World Series

2 -- NFL Week 8 reactions

3 -- Showing off Ohtani cards

4 -- Cooper Flagg ... Victor Wembanyama

5 -- "Priced out"

6 -- Topps NBA continues to spark discussion

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What's Buzzing: World Series resumes tonight, NFL injuries and reactions, Nick Mangold and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- World Series chatter as we await Game 3 ... still talking Yamamoto

2 -- NFL Week 8 reactions

3 -- NFL collectors remember Nick Mangold ... and Doug Martin

4 -- Ripping new MLB boxes 

5 -- A PSA grading thought or two

6 -- Topps NBA continues to spark discussion

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What's Buzzing: Yoshinobu Yamamoto dazzles for Dodgers in Game 2, NFL Week 8, Topps NBA, V.J. Edgecombe and more.

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1 -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a gem for Dodgers in Game 2

2 -- NFL Week 8 is here

3 -- Showing off Yamamoto cards

4 -- The NBA gambling scandal is still on their minds

5 -- Topps NBA keeps 'em talking

6 -- Watching V.J. Edgecombe cards

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What's Buzzing: Addison Barger makes some history in Jays' World Series opener, the NBA gambling scandal, Topps NBA and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Addison Barger makes some history in Jays' Game 1 win

2 -- Check out collectors' new pulls here

3 -- Talking about the NBA season so far

4 -- The NBA gambling scandal

5 -- Topps NBA arrives

6 -- NFL Week 8

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What's Buzzing: The NBA's gambling scandal, the World Series, showing off Shohei Ohtani cards, Topps NBA, NFL Week 8, authentic vintage cards and could there be an MLB lockout in 2027?

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1 -- The World Series is here: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

2 -- An NBA gambling problem?

3 -- "Should more vintage cards be graded just as Authentic?"

4 -- Showing off Shohei Ohtani cards ... Could there be an MLB lockout in 2027?

5 -- Topps NBA arrives

6 -- NFL Week 8

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It's a new era -- or at least the return of one -- as Topps' first NBA release under its new deal with the league license dropped this week with the arrival of 2025-26 Topps.

It's the first Topps release since its abbreviated 2009-10 campaign when Panini America took over the league license on an exclusive basis, ending a non-exclusive Topps run that had began in 1992-93. Before that, Topps NBA cardboard happened for a 1957-58 set and then continuously from the 1969-70 edition to the 1981-82 release before it bowed out. While there have been plenty of stops and starts for basketball and a number of players on the cardboard court, this run appears to be a long-term deal as Fanatics is amassing licenses with the major leagues when it comes to collecting -- MLB and the NBA now as well as the NFL beginning next year. So far, big rollouts have included NBA Debut patches worn by rookies in their first games as well as gold Logoman patches for award-winners to go from their unis and later into cardboard -- but both of those are too new to be an in-pack reality for this release.

The company's slogan for its turn with the ball is "it's our game now" -- as subtle as a Shaquille O'Neal rebounding elbow -- but the people are, so far, showing that it's their game and their cardboard world -- and Topps is living in it (while making their cardboard). The auction action is heavy after just one day with big asking prices, big pulls, some big sales and some big demand for some names from this release with a big print run that's helping make sure everybody gets a little piece of the action if they want some.

There have been release parties with VIP guest appearances, corporate SWAG and other prizes -- all one would and should expect for a new-license rollout -- and there's also been a little bit of cardboard controversy so far, too, that's really just more of a head's up scenario for collectors to know about more than anything truly salacious as people tear into packs looking for the first Lakers autographs of LeBron James (he had been an Upper Deck exclusive with no NBA-licensed ink since it bowed out with the Panini deal), the first Spurs autographs of Victor Wembanyama and, of course, the new No. 1 pick on the box, Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg.

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With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of that energy just a few degrees away from cards (we'll still have plenty of them here) for a different kind of cardboard. What am I doing? Simple ... this is an occasional dip into some random ticket lots -- a show and tell showing something small with a story.

This time? An NBA battle from not that long ago.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud.

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What's Buzzing: V.J. Edgecombe makes his debut without much ink, the World Series, Topps NBA, NBA gambling, NFL chatter and more.

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1 -- V.J. Edgecombe makes a big splash ... and he doesn't have much ink 

2 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

3 -- Topps NBA arrives

4 -- An NBA gambling problem?

5 -- Even more basketball talk

6 -- NFL Week 8

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The pack: 2024-25 Panini NBA Hoops basketball cards (value)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Talking Topps NBA, the World Series, NFL Week 8, fake cards and even more in today's edition.

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1 -- Topps NBA arrives

2 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

3 -- NFL Week 8

4 -- Talking fake 1991 Topps Desert Shield baseball cards

5 -- Is "overpay" a thing if you really want it?

6 -- Talking old Kobe Bryant ink

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What's Buzzing: The World Series, awaiting Topps NBA, Shohei Ohtani, Vladdy Jr., Labubu and more in today's edition.

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1 -- The World Series is set: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

2 -- NFL Week 8

3 -- All the Labubu Chrome chatter is here

4 -- Talking Vladdy Jr.

5 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani

6 -- Topps NBA formally arrives tomorrow

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What's Buzzing: NFL & MLB chatter, Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, card-grading, Shohei Ohtani and Topps NBA drops this week.

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1 -- All your ALCS reactions are here

2 -- Talking Jalen Hurts & Talking Tua

3 -- Grading is on their minds

4 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani 

5 -- NFL Week 7 reactions

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani's big night still has 'em talking, Big Dumper and the ALCS, NFL Week 7 and more.

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1 -- All your ALCS chatter as it could end tonight

2 -- Still talking Big Dumper

3 -- Checking in on the Shohei Ohtani thread & talking his new Topps Now cards

4 --Showing off Shohei Ohtani cards

5 -- NFL Week 7 reactions

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What's Buzzing: Eugenio Suarez has himself a night, Shohei Ohtani has an even bigger one, Big Dumper, WWE, new Bowman Chrome pulls, NFL Week 7 and Topps NBA.

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1 -- NLCS chatter ... ALCS chatter

2 -- Still talking about Big Dumper

3 -- WWE has 'em talking

4 -- Highlights from some new mega boxes

5 -- NFL Week 7 is here

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketballs Season Edition
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: One autographed basketball per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand hits the hardwood for a new season with some top newcomer ink to be found and a number of past greats in there, too.

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