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The box: 2026 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What: 2026 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Grand Slam baseball memorabilia
Arrives: April 4
Box basics: One autographed baseball jersey, one autographed baseball, one autographed bat and one encapsulated autographed item per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase lineup goes high-end once again with this one that guarantees a variety of items and plenty of possibilities from the past and present every time.

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The box: 2026 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: World Baseball Classic chatter and so much more on a Sunday.

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1 -- All your World Baseball Classic chatter ... and a Shohei Ohtani thread 

2 -- Talking Topps Now and other online releases

3 -- Still pondering on Kyle Schwarber

4 -- Talking football ...

5 -- Basketball is on their minds

6 -- Rules of engagement ... err collecting?

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

AT THE BEGINNING ...
The Card: Kyle Schwarber 2015 Topps Pro Debut
The Buzz On This: Last time, The Schwarbino was in the leadoff spot here and he’s back as I’m still on a kick ... but this month it’s him in some less-familiar threads. This one has the Pro Debut logo -- meaning its his first from Topps for the MiLB ranks -- while it uses the MLB look of that year with the minor-league unis and logos getting the ride. The team? The Boise Hawks all way up there in Boise, Idaho, and a lot has changed for them since then though the name remains the same. (The Hawks became an independent team back in 2021 when MLB restructured the MiLB ranks.) I like the early big-league looks for Pro Debut as part of the continuity for a player’s cards -- his Rookie Card arrives and MLB run starts in 2016 -- but a collection of his Topps flagships should include this if you ask me.

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The box: 2026 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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The box: 2026 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

AT THE BEGINNING ...
The Card: Kyle Schwarber 2015 Choice Iowa Cubs
The Buzz On This: With USA Baseball, other prep showcase sets and NIL deals these days, it’s not uncommon for players to have cards sometimes several years before their pro debuts -- if they even have a debut at all, In some cases, minor-league looks can emulate the big club and that’s what got me to bite on this early (but not first) card of The Schwarbino. He’s seen in a Cubs uniform -- an Iowa Cubs uniform -- but you wouldn’t probably know the difference here if those logos didn’t have a little extra attached. The helmet logo is partially obscured, too, but I liked the simplicity here so I grabbed it. Schwarber is going to go down as one of the better power guys of this generation and he’s already got a firm place in baseball history with his Cubs World Series run and All-Star Game heroics. This was an easy grab for $6 in my book.

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

TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH ...
The Mag: Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce -- Mad No 36 (April 2024)
The Reason Graded: With the Grammys set for tonight (Feb. 1), I figured now would be the time to drop one here for the Swifties -- a magazine that I picked off long, long ago with absolute intent to grade but never got around to it until late last year. This duo sold a lot of magazines in the last couple of years but this one was one of few to present itself in a way that would fit in my collection of slabs -- it's one part sports (he's in uniform) and one part comics/satire, a category where I have a few slabs. These were popular -- so much so there was at least a second printing with a green logo -- but actually finding the long-running but off-and-on-title would be a challenge at arrival. Book stores/newsstands? Probably not. Comics shops? Maybe ... but probably not a big priority for many of them. The original Mad ran from 1952 to 2018 before DC Comics took over after a couple months off that year and it's largely been new covers wrapping mostly favorite reprinted stories from the past with occasional new content.
The Grade: CGC 9.6 (Universal)

Reality Check: These mags are super thin and the cover paper is, too. How skinny? The spines of new copies have texture all the way down from the folding -- I suspect they will be the huge problem spots if you find these un-graded with an eye for slabbing. Mine has that -- as do some 9.8s I looked at before slabbing -- so mine probably had one other small issue to kick it down a notch. That was a bummer -- and my latest mags submission didn't have a single 9.8 in it, which was odd -- but I was grading this no matter what as a time capsule kind of slab from the last few years.

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The box: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
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The box: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
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The box: 2025 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster)
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What's Buzzing: Kyle Schwarber gets paid, Jeff Kent, new pulls, redemption replacements and more.

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1 -- Kyle Schwarber is staying in Philadelphia

2 -- Vikings QBs ... 

3 -- Talking redemption replacements

4 -- Jeff Kent is the lone Hall of Fame committee pick

5 -- New MLB pulls

6 -- NFL Week 14 reactions

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What's Buzzing: Yankees go home, Kyle Schwarber, Joe Flacco, Topps NBA, Three Kings and more.

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1 -- All your MLB postseason threads

2 -- NFL Week 6 talk

3 -- Reactions to the Topps Three Kings Program

4 -- Joe Flacco reactions 

5 -- Checking in on the Kyle Schwarber Hall of Fame chatter

6 -- Still talking Topps NBA ... and Topps Holiday

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What: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 12
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The full hobby details for the Update series of Topps' flagship baseball cards are still to come, but the box subject has been teased and it's Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images for this one once they are available.

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What's Buzzing: Big Dumper homers twice to reach 60, NFL Week 4, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- Big Dumper joins the 60-homer club

2 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

3 -- Checking in on the Aaron Judge thread (two homers there, too)

4 -- Kyle Schwarber is also having a year

5 -- More NFL chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

WELL BEFORE PHILLY
The Card: Kyle Schwarber 2015 Topps Heritage Minor League
The Buzz On This: This MiLB card isn't one that came from a team set since Heritage is an in-pack brand of the past (it was killed off in recent years) and it was one that revisited old MLB designs with today's printing and today's stars. This is a re-do of the 1966 Topps set showing Schwarber after his first season as a minor-leaguer. Schwarber has got plenty of prospect cards showing him in a Cubs uniform and his college colors as well -- those arrived the year before this one and his USA Baseball stuff actually arrived two years before this. In short, he's got a lot of cardboard -- and that's a good thing for collectors who like his slugging ways (I do). He doesn't have as much cardboard in actual MiLB uniforms, so that's why I picked this off on the night of his All-Star Game heroics. This was my first target but you'll see more of him on his few minor-league cards here in the future.

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards (and other stuff) you can find in MiLB.

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Auction Buzz is a monthly look at some of the variety found out there on the auction block ... check 'em out.

It's going to be a busy end of the year for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions with a number of regularly scheduled events as well as some showcase auctions with high-profile stuff all on the calendar. This time, we look at a few things from a few active sales this month.

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ANOTHER BIG JORDAN
The Item: Michael Jordan Oct. 26, 1984 (NBA Debut) Chicago Bulls season-ticket stub (PSA 4)
The Price: $65,000 after 25 bids (ends Sept. 27)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Last month, a Michael Jordan (and Kobe Bryant) card sale via auction re-wrote some hobby history and, while we're confident this one won't fetch $12.9 million, this one is in some rare air. It has already hit its estimated price from the auction house and while its grade is low there are only three higher. "The most important athletic debut of the post-war era?" asked Heritage in its listing. "A strong argument could be made. Perhaps only Wayne Gretzky could challenge Michael Jordan in balloting seeking to identify the most dominant figure of his respective major sport, but once you step outside the sports arena and into the wider popular culture, M.J. leaves The Great One in his dust. He remains one of the most recognizable humans on the planet two decades after his retirement from the NBA." Jordan scored a modest 16 points in a 109-93 win over the Washington Bullets on this night and only 14 of these have been grade overall.

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It's a day on the calendar that's always going to be remembered ... but this is not really tied to that. This one's simply from MLB action two years ago today.

This month's ball in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game -- and I actually chose this date due to the visiting team, the Atlanta Braves, which I kind of casually collect on the game-used front. This was from the first game of a doubleheader between the two National League powerhouses and it was handled by a pair of All-Stars for its one-pitch lifetime in The Show.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What's Buzzing: Anthony Rizzo retires as a Cub, Kyle Schwarber joins the 50 Homer Club, NFL chatter, MLB pulls, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- Anthony Rizzo calls it a career

2 -- Kyle Schwarber joins the 50 Homer Club

3 -- Already pondering this year's NFL MVP? (Yep.)

4 -- New baseball breaks are here

5 -- Readying for NFL Week 2

6 -- The offer still stands

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What's Buzzing: Kyle Schwarber smacks four homers, the eTopps mess might be fixed soon, reactions to the Micah Parsons trade and even more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Kyle Schwarber makes a little history 

2 -- The eTopps finale mess may be fixed

3 -- Reactions to the Micah Parsons trade

4 -- Showing off some August pick-ups

5 -- Opening nothing but USA Baseball cards

6 -- Even more NFL chatter is here

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What's Buzzing: Cactus Jack WWE, grails, Kyle Schwarber, Shohei Ohtani, Cal Raleigh and more.

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1 -- Cactus Jack WWE on their minds

2 -- Talking grails ... 

3 -- Still pondering Kyle Schwarber and Cooperstown

4 -- Talking Ohtani

5 -- Big Dumper is nearing a record and 50 homers

6 -- A licensing development?

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What's Buzzing: Kyle Schwarber enters the MVP picture, talking Topps Chrome, The National, new pulls a potential eBay scam angle and a good question.

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1 -- A good question 

2 -- Talking Topps Chrome

3 -- One more thing to watch out for on eBay

4 -- Checking in on the Kyle Schwarber thread

5 -- The National reactions are here

6 -- New MLB pulls are here

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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? This week's MLB All-Star Game hero in another exhibition game from years 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: MLB All-Star Game reactions, The National, Tom Brady Rookie Cards, "true" collectors, signed books and is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Famer?

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1 -- Is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Famer?

2 -- Checking in on the autographed books thread

3 -- All your All-Star Game chatter 

4 -- A "true" collectors question 

5 -- Still talking Tom Brady Rookie Cards

6 -- The National nears

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