Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ... 

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CROSSING HIM OFF 
The Card: Joe Montana autographed 1988 Topps card (BAS slabbed)
The Price: About $65
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Rewind the clock to the early/mid 1990s and Montana is the unquestioned top QB on cardboard with perhaps only a small number of RBs or WRs even coming close to competing with him for popularity on cards. Back then, in a new era of certified autographs from brands such as Pro Line and Classic or mail-order autographed items, there was ink to chase but Montana was never, ever on my radar. Why? Look at that auto ... there's still not much going on there that would have sparked me to pay a premium price for a glorified initialgraph with a slight more added on. Fast-forward to now and the Hall of Famer still has all those rings and all those MVP awards, but he's been surpassed on the stat sheets and cards ... it happens. The 68-year-old has done a lot of signing for Leaf for its releases and buyback brands -- I think this was one from there -- in recent years and it had been on my radar for literally months as I really like the look of many of his 1980s Topps cards. A relatively clean copy with an on-card auto is a no-brainer if the price is right and I got this one for about half of the asking price of man identical copy I'd been watching. All these years later, I can cross Montana off my ink-needed list.
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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2019 Topps Alliance of American Football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 240
Base set completion: 175 of 175 (100 percent)
Duplicates: Yep ... as many as four copies of some cards

Notables on base cards -- Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu, Trent Richardson, Mike Singletary, Mike Riley, Lori Locust, Dr. Jen Welter, Mike Martz, Rick Neuheisel, Jennifer King, Pepper Johnson, Denard Robinson, Mike Bercovici, Zach Mettenberger, Christian Hackenberg, Garrett Gilbert, John Wolford, Drew Jackson, Jhurell Presley, Kenneth Farrow II, JaQuan Gardner, Charles Johnson, Dontez Ford, Mekale McKay

Rookie Cards (160) -- Only cards with logos -- other RCs definitely in there without them.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2019 Topps Alliance of American Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 100
Base set completion: 91 of 175 (52 percent)
Duplicates: 5

Notables on base cards -- Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu, Trent Richardson, Mike Singletary, Mike Riley, Lori Locust, Dr. Jen Welter, Mike Martz, Rick Neuheisel, Jennifer King, Pepper Johnson, Denard Robinson, Mike Bercovici, Zach Mettenberger, Christian Hackenberg, Garrett Gilbert, John Wolford, Drew Jackson, Jhurell Presley, Kenneth Farrow II, JaQuan Gardner, Charles Johnson, Dontez Ford, Mekale McKay

Rookie Cards (67) -- Notables (based on season stats leaders) in gallery.

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