What: 2024 Historic Autographs Celebrity+ trading cards
Arrives: May 28, 2025
Box basics: Four encased and authenticated autos per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs' latest release is one all about celeb ink with a mix of cuts and also the company's first "Celebrity Originals" cards.

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This one is a quick idea for a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's something to think about.

This time? The big release of the week ... 2020 Topps Heritage

SUPER, MAN
The Card: 2020 Topps Heritage 1971 Topps Super Bo Bichette 
These oversized 1971 Topps Super cards are box-toppers that are not found in every box but I kind of wish they were. It's a simple 15-card set that's more postcard-size but uses all of that space and some tight crops to emphasize the photographs chosen for a mix of current stars. Just two rookies made the cut here -- Bo Bichette and Yordan Alvarez -- and I'm going with Bichette of the two this year. Meanwhile, there are a number of notables in this set on the checklist. I'm not the biggest fan of the facsimile auto that was part of the original design (Topps needs to thin out the pen strokes on any and all facsimiles used if you ask me while also scaling them down to be well-placed "accents") but the good news is that that those vanish for the players who have certified autos from this set. Those are far tougher pulls and were only made for five players. No Bo, though. (Bummer.)

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What: 2018 Leaf Pop Century Signed Photograph Edition
Arrives: August/September
Box basics: One autographed 8-by-10 photo per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's next autograph product for pop culture arrives with certified autographed photos from the biggest names in Hollywood as well as big names from elsewhere one per box.

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What: 2017 Leaf Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Four hits per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release returns with nothing but the hits from some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

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Leaf is getting into the real-time trading-cards-on-demand trend with the launch of Leaf Live after the death of actor Gene Wilder.

Announced late Tuesday night, Leaf Live will focus on events that collectors want a piece of on cardboard.

"Whether the print run is 10 copies or 500, Leaf pledges to let the marketplace determine the print run of its special offerings," read the company announcement for the card. Continue reading →

He was Willie Wonka, he was Dr. Frankenstein. He was that and so much more.

Gene Wilder's roles were both eclectic and memorable and they helped entertain in comedies for all ages in TV and movie roles that spanned more than five decades. He died on Sunday in Connecticut after suffering complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 83.

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