Ken Griffey
Buzz Break: 2024 Gummy Arts trading cards
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The pack: 2024 Gummy Arts trading cards
Where to buy: Right here (when available)
What's this? Keep reading to see what was found in this one ...
First Buzz: 2023 Leaf Exotic Baseball cards
What: 2023 Leaf Exotic Baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: Three autographed cards per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf's welcomes baseball collectors to the jungle with this colorful line now focusing on past and present stars of the diamond.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (March 23)
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing: Saturday Night Live autos, Tyreek Hill has a new QB, patch cards, Baker Mayfield and more.
Topps Project 2020 surpasses half-million cards sold (so far) with this Griffey a record-setter ... what's its key to success?
The Topps Project 2020 baseball card of Ken Griffey Jr. that you see here has obliterated the sales records for the company's online offering of 20 memorable baseball cards re-imagined by 20 different artists.
This creation from artist Keith Shore -- a re-do of Junior's 1989 Topps Traded Rookie Card -- sold a record 99,177 copies in just two days, obliterating the previous high of 34,950 sold for one of the Mike Trout cards earlier this spring. (See all past cards in the series here.)
With today's numbers finally revealed, the overall volume of cards sold in this ongoing series has surpassed the half-million mark (650,102) less than a fourth of the way into its release -- two cards are offered every weekday via Topps.com until all 400 are done. Meanwhile, the re-sale prices on a number of these cards have reached into the thousands of dollars (despite having an original price of just $19.99) -- and that's left people pondering the possibilities of what happens when pop art meets the pop of the bat.
It doesn't hurt here that artists are often their own best marketers, right?
"Absolutely. The goal of Project 2020 was to appeal to the fans of the artists," said Jeff Heckman, Topps' Director of E-commerce. "Therefore the social media presence of the artist was an important factor in choosing the artist. We wanted the artists to have fun with the Project and engage with their community. So far, the engagement and interactions with the artists has been amazing."
Heckman fielded a number of other questions about Project 2020 ... keep reading for an exclusive Q&A.
Trey Griffey's first football card may elude Miami Dolphins collectors
The newest member of the Miami Dolphins has a famous family, but it's likely you don't have his first football card.
He's Trey Griffey -- the son of baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. -- and no matter how his NFL career goes he's already got a Topps football card.
Buzz Break: 1986 Donruss MLB pack
Do you like Buzz Breaks? We recently launched 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. This is a single-pack break in that style -- but not the launching of a new 12 in 12. (We'll perhaps have one of those next month. Click the logo below to see the previous posts in the series.)
The pack: 1986 Donruss MLB wax pack
The cost now: $1.50
The cost then: Less than $1
What's inside this pack? Keep reading ...
Ken Griffey Jr. Topps Vault auction comes with extra twist on contract
Ken Griffey Jr. is one of baseball's all-time greats and an icon -- the Mickey Mantle of the late-thirty somethings who grew up with the new wave of baseball cards that began with his arrival in 1989.
He's got 630 homers -- sixth on the all-time list -- and more accolades than than most fans will ever know. But there's one thing that a lot of fans may not know.
Just like his dad, his first game is George.
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