If you want $100 off an item over at Goldin Auctions, here's how you can do it.

All new registrants who go here and complete the form have taken the first step.

After that, you'll need to email info@goldinauctions.com, state you are from the Blowout Forum and that you just registered at Goldin Auctions for the first time to request a $100 credit for your account.

You will receive a $100 electronic gift certificate that can be used in any auction on any invoice from today through Dec 31, 2021. The certificate is non-transferable.

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Tomorrow would have marked the opening day of the National Sports Collectors Convention this year in Atlantic City, N.J., but that's not happening thanks to the coronavirus' life-changing grip on the country.

However, thanks to a group of podcasting collectors, there will be plenty of card chatter going on this weekend as HobbyPalooza! 2020 is here beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

What is it? It will be a marathon of 35 hours full of card chatter from a number of different areas of the industry -- a virtual hangout.

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You can look for even more information and chatter on the Blowout Forums very soon.

Blowout Cards, the leading online retailer of trading cards, and ThePit.com, a long-running bid/ask marketplace, revealed today that they have entered into a partnership where ThePit will provide content and market data to enhance discussion on the Forums in exchange for the opportunity to incorporate links to its related item pages.

"The Blowout Cards Forums have for many years provided the most active space to discuss important issues and build community within the card collecting hobby," said Blowout’s Tom Fish. "Veteran collectors use our Forums to delve deeply into fields they are passionate about, while newcomers to the hobby explore potential areas of interest and build their knowledge by engaging with more experienced hobbyists. ThePit.com’s Forums postings will explore in detail the most popular modern sports cards and we expect that this will inspire further Forums discussion.”

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There are a lot of cardboard discussions that happen daily over on the Blowout Forums, but there's one that's just getting going that's bound to grow into something fun.

How do we know that? It's already there.

The Poor Photo Selection Game is the subject over on the basketball board -- check it out.

Be sure to add any cards you might have that fit the bill here -- though Buzz isn't sure anything can top this Yao Ming jersey card from 2004-05 Skybox L.E.

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