What's Buzzing: NFL Week 3, new MLB pulls, Bobby Witt Jr., Star Michael Jordan cards, football chatter and ... the next Bryce Young?

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With these Ticket Stud or Ticket Dud stories I'm turning just a tiny bit of energy just a few degrees away from cards -- we'll still have plenty of them here -- for a look at a different kind of cardboard. You know ... tickets.

This time? It's not a debate of Stud or Dud in my book. In fact, this ticket isn't even from a mystery box of tickets like the first 44 seen at the link above -- it's from 20 years ago tonight in Boston where a little extra action took place at Fenway Park.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and, like always, you can tell me if you think it's a Ticket Stud or a Ticket Dud but what's up next is my answer.

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter and over-reactions, talking Tua, college football, bad MLB ads to come and more.

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What's Buzzing: Aaron Judge homers again, NFL chatter, fake cards, pondering Topps Update inclusions and more.

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What's Buzzing: Ripping 2024 Score NFL, talking Bowman Chrome, new pulls, comic book chatter, NFL Week 2 and ... is it Tua's Time?

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What: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto, one Relic & one manufactured Relic 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 subjects have been teased with Japanese stars Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga sharing the neon spotlight this time.

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: Bowman Chrome chatter, new pulls, football contracts and more among today's topics.

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What's Buzzing: Bowman Chrome is here, NFL chatter, new pulls and more in this Wednesday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Bowman Chrome, Sapphire tennis, NFL Week 2, new pulls and more in this Tuesday edition.

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What: 2024 Bowman Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 9
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here 
Odds: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Sterling "raises the bar for prospect and Rookie Cards with an entirely new collection of stunning chrome designs and inserts" this year, according to Topps.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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 ... and this time there's a bit of everything in there.e--

FINALLY FOUND A FISTOGRAPH ???
The Card: Otis 2021 Topps WWE Undisputed Fistographs (/25)
The Price: About two Prizm WWE blasters (plus tax)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This box-topper from Topps' best release not named Transcendent back in its WWE days was not a regular kind of find. These days some of these are expensive and some are not, but the ones I'd want tend to have more dollars attached. While this literal big star -- a power and comedy guy -- isn't really on my radar, this was as a perfect example to own one of these cards for any name when I found it on the cheap. Now, what is it? If you haven't figured that out, that's a print from his right hand balled into a fist dipped in what looks like some light black paint and then pushed onto the card. The thumb touch blends in with his hand in the photo a bit but the rest is obvious, and it's a unique kind of card for a fighter.
Grab a box right here: Click for WWE cards

Keep reading for more interesting items ...

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What's Buzzing: Bryce Young, Caleb Williams, C.J. Stroud, NFL chatter, Shohei Ohtani, Logofractor reactions and ... remember cheap NFL rips?

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, NFL chatter, Big Papi goes big petty, college football and more in this Sunday edition.

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What: 2024 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: Two autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Five Star returns to the diamond for another year with just the basics in hand now -- teaser images you see above and then the checklist and odds also found above.

Keep reading for more.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 1, new pulls, MLB chatter, Michael Jordan, Jordan Love and ... Caitlin Clark Rookie Cards?

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 1 is here, new NFL pulls, vintage non-sports, MLB position moves, MLB chatter and ... "This is arson!"

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What's Buzzing: MLB and NFL chatter, new pulls, Jackson Merrill and more in this Thursday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Awaiting the NFL season, Shohei Ohtani, Chrome chatter, new pulls and more.

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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 ...

KING OF THE RING?
The Card: Elvis Presley in Kid Galahad -- 2022 Topps Elvis Presley: The King of Rock and Roll Pink parallel (/45)
The Reason Graded: I think I only bought one card from what was a Topps Now-style weekly look back at the career of The King from just a couple years ago -- and it was because of the boxing twist you see on this card. Couldn't tell you a thing about the movie and actually don't own a single Elvis CD -- much more Beatles here -- but the visual was unique to me so I grabbed, I believe, a five-pack of this card (likely in a past Buzz Buys) and landed this parallel as a bonus. It had been in my maybe-grade pile for a long time and as part of a variety-packed submission it finally made the cut. Why? How many other Elvis boxing cards do you know of? (I know of one ... this card's photo knocks it out cold.)
The Grade: CGC 10 (pristine)

Reality Check: There's only one other card in this parallel set graded to go with this solo slab -- a regular 10 -- but that doesn't surprise me that much. I don't think this would be that popular with collectors who might grade, but Presley is popular enough to have a ton of card appearances in his prime years and a number of posthumous releases as a giant and an icon of music ... and merchandise licensing, too. I figured I'd mix things up here this month and lead off with something different vs. some new football slabs as we enter that season or the obvious hot MLB names. (There's more NFL to come for both this time and in the coming months for sure.)

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

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What's Buzzing: Chrome basketball chatter, big pulls, inside a dozen Chrome boxes, NFL chatter and more.

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What's Buzzing: Chrome basketball chatter, thoughts on NFL Week 1 to come, Johnny Gaudreau, new pulls and more.

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What's Buzzing: The NHL loses a young star, NFL chatter, new Chrome and more in this Friday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Aaron Judge, Chrome basketball opinions and pulls, NFL chatter, Caitlin Clark and more.

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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: 2023 Topps Heritage baseball cards (mega)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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

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What's Buzzing: A Shohei Ohtani question, preseason NFL Chatter, Gunnar Henderson, old rips, new pulls and pondering Mike Trout's place going forward.

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