What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Baseball Photos
Arrives: July 30
Box basics: One autographed photo per pack (15 packs per display)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed mystery memorabilia line offers up a round of signed baseball photos with some big chases in the mix, too, for this release timed to arrive at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.

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What: 2025 Historic Autographs YesterYear Series 2 trading cards
Arrives: May 21
Box basics: 10 cut autos per 40-pack display box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs once again offers up new glimpses of the past with a mix of "familiar favorite people from history."

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What: 2025 Historic Autographs Uniques Cut Signature Edition trading cards
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: Two encased 1/1 cut autographs per box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs brings nothing but ink of the cut variety in this one every time ... and there will sometimes be more to find inside its cards, too.

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

GETTING EVEN BETTER?
The Card: Victor Wembanyama 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: I'm basically casually ripping at best when it comes to NBA these days -- just can't collect it all at today's prices (and might not want to with that) -- but the holiday-flavored version of Hoops got me to bite a few times since it's got a good volume of stuff in a box and a pair of Wemby RCs on the checklist. Is this a big card in the big scheme of things? Nah, but the printing and cutting here was so clean I knew I needed to grade it. Why?
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: Because this should be the result more often than not as long as the centering is there ... and the stats here show that to be the case roughly half the time. The phenom seems to be getting better with time and once the wax dries up for even stuff like this there could be interesting trends that buck the idea that stuff is overproduced these days -- it is ... but not when there's increased demand for a popular player. I need to scout singles more for this guy and cards I like ... I think there's more potential here over time than people might think based on soft prices for raw cards. (Even if boatloads of his cards are already graded.)

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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What: 2025 Leaf Seasons In The Sun baseball cards
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: Two autos and two memorabilia cards (typically) per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new baseball season will get a new line from Leaf with stars from the past and present all in play and with some of the biggest surprises possible within its "premium" hits-only boxes.

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What: 2024 Topps Luminaries baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 3, 2025
Box basics: One encased autograph or autographed Relic card per box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line returns for an eighth time with every card a hit as it celebrates stars from the past and present via traditional autos/Relics and booklet cards.

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What: 2024 Onyx Rips Baseball Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Five autos per 16-pack box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx ends the year with a new line that includes base cards, autographs of NIL standouts, current prospects as well as recent stars and Hall of Famers -- and also cut signatures for a number of legends from the past.

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What: 2023 Keepsake Historical Edition trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 23, 2024
Box basics: One relic card per two-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: After some delays, Keepsake's celebration of the arts and history arrives with an eclectic mix of stuff from framed cut autograph displays (above) as well as canvas prints and original artwork all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Allen & Ginter arrives once again -- this time after the season -- with all the eccentricities, plenty of baseball players and a new retro design based on some of the 1880s tobacco card designs that helped bring some of the first baseball cards to the masses long, long ago.

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What: 2024 Leaf Ultimate Sports
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Three hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This one arrives with "one of the most-expansive multi-sport checklists in hobby history" that touched on many icons from around the globe.

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What: 2024 Leaf A Bronx Legacy Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 15
Box basics: Four "premium hits" -- at least two autographs -- per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf follows up on last year's look at New York's biggest baseball team with a second series packed with the biggest legends in the history of the game and plenty more.

Keep reading for more info and a full montage of cards released so far.

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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: 2024 Topps Series 2 baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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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: Paul Skenes, The National, new pulls, Caitlin Clark, the Mantle theft and more remain on collectors' minds.

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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: Paul Skenes, Gunnar Henderson, The National, new pulls, the Mantle theft and "is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Famer?"

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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: Brooks Lee, strong USA Baseball pulls, another Rookie Card debate thread, "Price Index Carnage," The National and more.

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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: Ben Rice, a strong blaster, Wander Franco investing, C.J. Stroud, the Mickey Mantle theft and The National nears.

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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: New pulls, exchange program reactions, All-Star chatter, The National, Mickey Mantle theft reactions and more.

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What: 2024 TruMystery Signed Figurine Edition
Arrives: Aug. 26
Box basics: One signed figure -- or sometimes a jumbo 5-by-7 auto/mem card display -- per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TruCreator's blind-box memorabilia line expands for the fans of autographs on figures such as Funko Pop!, action figures, McFarlane toys, bobbleheads, porcelain statues and more all in one spot.

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 What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Dugout Dreams Encapsulated Autograph Edition
Arrives: July 24
Box basics: One autographed item per pack (eight packs per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's new mystery brand arrives at The National with a special edition at the show this year -- and with some of the biggest names in the history of the game possible.

Keep reading for details on that legendary inclusion and a gallery of what's in this one.

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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: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

MY FIRST WEM-BAM!-YAMA ...
The Card: Victor Wembanyama 2023-24 Panini Prizm Green Prizms -- Rookie Card parallel
The Reason Graded: My first -- and actually only -- batch of Prizm NBA blasters included this gem and I knew instantly that it would be in a slab once I saw its centering and then no issues among the sometimes-pesky edges for Prizm and similar stock of the last few years. (Sometimes clean ... sometimes not.) In this case, I had this one in a box headed for grading even before I had its Buzz Break box broken down and posted here ... and it's a solid keeper for me vs. my Hoops finds that all had things that me scared off of slabbing them.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: That's pretty much the perfect scenario isn't it? Top grade for a retail blaster -- at suggested retail price even -- pull ... even if there's a curtain that seemed to lather up some people out there. This won't be the last you see of this generational talent in this series ... but this is it for this month's slabs.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Dugout Dreams autographed baseballs
Arrives: June 28
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A newer brand on TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase lineup arrives for another summer with two monster Grand Treasure balls and then plenty of past and present superstars all among the finds in these mystery boxes.

What's the biggest of them all this year? Keep reading for details on those and a gallery of what's in this one.

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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: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was found in this one.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ...

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THE FORCE WAS STRONG ... 
The Item: Daisy Ridley autographed Star Wars: The Force Awakens IMAX 3D ticket (/500) -- BAS Authenticated
The Price: Less than a couple Chrome boxes
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The next Star Wars film is in pre-production -- Star Wars: New Jedi Order coming in 2026 -- and it apparently pushes forward more than a decade from the last film with Rey Skywalker its main character. Hearing that much alone got me thinking I should really track down a Ridley auto now vs. later -- she has signed a lot but prices are perhaps softer now than they may have been in the past. Well, at least in theory ... she's seemingly always been expensive. So here we are. I had a few rules for looking here -- I wanted a full-name sig for sure, an on-card auto and a decent presence/feel for the item ... whether it be an item, an oversized photo or something else that might display a little better than merely a card. I wanted something clean and unique but also safe for a price that I'd stretch a little to get to since she's pricey. I opted for a seemingly Fanatics-adjacent seller where a number of big-ticket items reside without the massive prices that can come with those names and opted for this oversized commemorative ticket for an IMAX showing in Chicago -- only 500 numbered tickets made for each week of the promotion per location in late 2015 and early 2016 during its first run. I don't do a lot of tickets, but I liked the promotional twist and serial-numbered volume here (albeit it's only limited to 500 per venue) and then it being signed and encased gives it a nice feel in an oversized slab. This was substantially discounted by a third or maybe half of a typical price (they have a few) so I bit. Unsigned, it's not a pricey item but this felt cooler to me for its price than a lot of pricier certified auto cards.
Grab a box right here: Star Wars boxes at BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2024 Leaf Lumber baseball cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Four premium hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bats-focused brand arrives for another summer with legends from the game in play as well as fan favorites from more recent years with multi-auto and multi-mem cards to be found in this hits-only release.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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