What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum autographed baseballs
Arrives: March 21
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field for another year with some big chase baseballs and then a varied mix of stuff in every case.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 12
Box basics: One auto or Relic per hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

Celebration box checklist: Click here
Celebration box odds: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The teases of the first Topps baseball card set of 2025 are here along with a prematurely posted card mock in advance of a full formal reveal to come soon before it arrives in collectors' hands next month.

Keep reading for more info when it's available.

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What: 2024 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: TBD 2025
Box basics: Nine autographed cards and one Relic per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: "One of the most-treasured releases every year from Topps" returns with the same format as previous years but with new players and plenty of hits -- in fact, it's once again nothing but hits.

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

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What: 2024 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 22, 2025
Box basics: 10 hits and more per 42-card box
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent returns via a different approach with "careful crafting and elegant touches" for its super-premium VIP product experience -- and with only 100 VIP party invitations now randomly inserted into the run and a second rarer VIP party package to be found, too.

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And the award goes to ... those who open this one to find the cardboard treasures inside.

Baseball America's Best of 2024 Awards issue is here and just like its Draft Preview it's jam-packed with everything one needs to know -- and it once again includes bonus collectibles.

Beyond the annual awards, this double issue also features player profiles and scouting reports for 150 top prospects in the American League -- but the bonus insert should add to its demand. The inserts are similar to Sports Illustrated for Kids trading cards, which are heavily collected and, in the case of iconic stars and newcomers, often quite valuable.

Keep reading for the details and a look at what's in this one.

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What: 2024 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Two autographs and two Relics in every two-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Triple Threads returns after a year on the bench with just the basics known so far via the checklist and odds.

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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: 2024 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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

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What: 2024 Topps Archives baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 8, 2025
Box basics: One auto per 10-pack Collector's Box Lunch Box (10 boxes per case); Two autos per 24-pack hobby box (10 per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Archives will arrive in two formats as noted above once again as it revisits past looks and past stars along with plenty of the notables from today's game, too.

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

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What: 2024 Topps Brooklyn Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 11
Box basics: Two autographs per seven-card box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Brooklyn Collection returns for another year with a new but colorful oldschool-style look, autographs in every box, and then some new and past stars showcased on cardboard once again.

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What: 2024 Topps x Chris Berman -- Boomer's Baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 12
Box basics: Autographs found in every other 60-card (six-pack) box on average.
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The iconic ESPN broadcaster and sports nickname guru gets his own take on baseball cards coming this week from Topps.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery 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 box: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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

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What's Buzzing: Sidd Finch autographs, NFL reactions, Saquon Barkley, new pulls, C.J. Stroud and the MVPs.

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What's Buzzing: New MLB pulls, talking scanners, NFL Week 12, WWE and more in this Saturday edition.

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What's Buzzing: The most-coveted MLB autograph, Gilded Collection reactions, collecting defense, NFL chatter, the Hall of Fame waiting game and, of course, baseball's new MVPs.

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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 this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

THE AIR UP THERE ...
The Card: Michael Jordan 2009 Goodwin Champions
The Reason Graded: This is one I pulled from a pack of this Ginter-style rival throwback brand back when it arrived, and it's got an obviously appropriate background for Air Jordan. It's that simple touch (and it being a dunk shot) that makes this card -- in all its versions -- in some demand. This one had been in my "maybe grade" pile for literally years and I finally worked it into a bulk sub since the NBA season is here.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: It checked in higher than I had expected, though I tend to punt cards where the centering is just slightly off ... but those can still land a 10 like this one did. Ultimately I was good with any mark as, for me, this is more of a novelty slab -- about the only Jordan collecting I do is his baseball stuff. Interestingly, most copies of this card have checked in here -- that's surprising to me -- but with that overall volume still low that could change easily with time.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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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: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby & jumbo)

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

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What's Buzzing: The Dodgers win the World Series, more MLB chatter, Allen & Ginter pulls, NBA discussions and more.

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What's Buzzing: World Series Game 1 reactions, NFL chatter, Cosmic Chrome, Giancarlo Stanton and more in this Saturday edition.

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What's Buzzing: The World Series is here, Topps Update breaks, Judge vs. Ohtani and more in this Friday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Waiting on the World Series, Fernando Valenzuela, collector reactions, NFL Week 8 and more.

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What's Buzzing: Fernando Valenzuela reactions, NFL chatter, the World Series, LeBronny and more.

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What: 2024 TruMystery Top Performers Buyback Edition
Arrives: Sept. 25
Box basics: One slabbed buyback card per box and one autographed memorabilia redemption per case (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TruCreator's blind-box line returns with the biggest names in sports and pop culture all in one spot with a mix of cards and autographed memorabilia to keep collectors exploring.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing: The Dodgers are headed to the World Series, NFL Week 7, Topps Update, Ohtani-Judge and more in this Monday edition.

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What's Buzzing: New York Yankees head to the World Series, NFL Week 7, Topps Update and plenty more in this Sunday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Talking Topps Update, postseason baseball, NFL Week 7, Aaron Judge & Shohei Ohtani chatter and more.

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