What: 2024 Panini Contenders Optic football cards
Arrives: May 30, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per six-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders Optic once again drops for a new year with some new inclusions, new stars, some new looks and plenty of colorful autographs with big-pull potential.

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What: 2024 Panini Prizm football cards
Arrives: Dec. 18
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm arrives for a new year documenting the NFL action with all of the color and flash, the new rookies and some other surprises.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Official Footballs
Arrives: Nov. 15
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line of autographed footballs hits the field with only official game-model footballs -- NFL, NCAA and Super Bowl -- in the lineup for this one with some of the biggest names in the modern game in play.

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What: 2024 Panini Gold Standard football cards
Arrives: Sept. 13, 2024
Box basics: Five autos or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Gold Standard arrives for a new season with the familiar golden touches and plenty more to chase with some notable nods to the past among the potential finds.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Full-size Helmets
Arrives: Sept. 13
Box basics: One autographed full-size authentic helmet per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This staple of TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand of autographed memorabilia lineup arrives for a new season with a new batch of full-size signed authentic-model helmets that are inked by some of the game's greatest players of today as well as top newcomers.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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 lot: 1989 Pro Set Series 1 football cards (33 packs)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... hit BlowoutCards.com for newer football cards

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Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide. 

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GOOD AS GOLDEN
The Lot: An album of 1991 Action Packed NFL Series 1 football cards
The Price: $9.99

The Tease: What you see above is really the key here for this first Buzz Buys lot item. Why? Well, while the special cards seen above aren't all that pricey they're not all that commonly found. That wasn't the case this time, though ...

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What: 2023 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Official Footballs
Arrives: March 17
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures blind-boxed football line returns for another year with nothing but autographed footballs -- logo and replica to keep costs lower -- in the mix from NFL and college football stars from the past and present.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1994 Classic Pro Line Live football cards
Where to buy: Will take some hunting ... BlowoutCards.com for newer NFL boxes

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1996 Pro Line National Edition NFL cards
Where to buy: Will take some hunting to find ... click here for newer NFL stuff

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Official Footballs
Arrives: Oct. 19
Box basics: One autographed football per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures blind-boxed football line is back for a new season with nothing but official autographed footballs in the mix from the NFL, college football and the Super Bowl and with legendary ink from stars of the past as well as the present.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1993 Collector's Edge Rookie Update football cards
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for Retro Rips boxes

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1993 Classic Pro Line Live football cards
Where to buy: Will take some hunting ... BlowoutCards.com for newer NFL boxes

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 2020 Panini Mosaic NFL Mega Box (Walmart)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1992 Pro Line football cards (autograph box)
Where to buy: Will take some hunting ... get new football boxes here

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What: 2020 Panini Zenith football cards
Arrives: TBD (online release)
Box basics: One rookie patch auto, one other auto and one memorabilia card per five-card box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Zenith returns to the gridiron for the first time in more than a decade as an online-first release that's heavy on hits and includes new NFL rookies in their pro uniforms.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 1995 Pro Line National Edition NFL cards
Where to buy: Will take some hunting to find ... click here for newer NFL stuff

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What: 2020 Leaf Autographed Football Helmets
Arrives: Oct. 2
Box basics: One autographed helmet per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings a new batch of autographed helmets to collectors with legends of the past and present as well as some multi-signed pieces to chase in this one.

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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 Today: Big pulls, collecting NFL Pro Line autograph sets, predicting the Mike Trout market, 2020 Bowman pulls and more in today's edition.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 6.

The box: 1994 Action Packed 25th Anniversary of Monday Night Football football cards
The cost: About $8 now ... far more back then. (Click here for new NFL cards)

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 6.

The box: 1991 Pro Set Series 1 football cards
The cost: Can vary a lot for this one ... see new NFL boxes here

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This year's National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here -- it's set for July 31-Aug. 4 in Chicago with a strong roster of autograph guests ready to sign for collectors who get a ticket and get in line for their moment beyond the ballpark.

Some signers are free if you attend the VIP reception on opening day of the show or buy a VIP ticket package -- a bonus for taking the time to hit every day of the show -- but other signers will take some planning to land the ones you want.

It's tough to see everything at The National -- it's that big -- and the time it takes to work through autograph lines is valuable in that it impedes your shot at seeing it all. With that said, here are my picks -- one per day plus a bonus pick this year -- to grab off the autograph list. (Keep reading for the full signers list in a gallery ... and, remember, times are always subject to change.)

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 5.

The box: Supreme Rewind Football Error Edition (repack)
The cost: Varies where found ... click here for new NFL boxes

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 12.

The box: 1992 Pro Line football cards (hobby box -- look for silver stripe at bottom ... not gold)
The cost: Will vary when found -- get new football boxes here

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's release: 2018 Panini Playbook.

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FROM THE VAULT ... TO THE VAULT
The Card: Baker Mayfield Playbook Vault Tri-Fold Jersey Auto Premium (1/1)
The Price: $4,599.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I'd argue that these Vault cards are the most-impressive finds from this booklet-loaded brand and Mayfield might be the hottest rookie right now. The 1/1 versions of these cards are almost comically stacked with logos from various types of memorabilia but they carry a stronger feel than the simpler versions. (Buzz would be happy to pull any of these ... any type, any player ... I like books.) This is a card that will be locked away in a collection somewhere once it goes and it probably won't ever be seen again.

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