What's Buzzing: Jeff Kent heads to Cooperstown, NFL reactions, BAPE WWE cards and more in this Monday edition.

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

2 -- "Where have all the wax packs gone?"

3 -- Talking NFL sacks record

4 -- Talking BAPE WWE

5 -- New MLB pulls

6 -- NFL Week 14 reactions

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What's Buzzing: Awaiting Baseball Hall of Fame news, NFL Week 14, college football, new MLB pulls and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 14 chatter is here

2 -- Hall of Fame chatter leading up to tonight's first reveal 

3 -- New MLB pulls

4 -- Interesting ... 

5 -- College football reactions

6 -- Inside a Bowman U case

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

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TWO OF BLACKHEARTS
The Card: Shotzi Blackheart 2025 Panini Instant MLW Autographs Water parallel (/10)
The Price: $39.99 each via Panini
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This former WWE star is taking over a prominent spot in indy wrestling with appearances downright everywhere these days but with only a handful of card appearances to show for it (at least for now). Panini's newer foray into cardboard for Major League Wrestling has so far spawned a trio of base cards with parallels and some with autographed versions. I've been lucky enough to be plugged in and online to land ink for a couple of those drop days and in this case landed a pair of these autos where only eight others exist. Generally speaking, I'm not that big of a fan of the elemental parallels used in Instant these days, but they are an upgrade over the previous year's parallels that merely colored in one of the stripes in a design similar to this instead of the border as it is here. Either way, this one I'm a fan of as she's arguably my top collecting target these days as WWE stuff has gotten too pricey to comfortably dabble/rip boxes and have fun with the typical returns. In this case, the only angst is battling bots -- cards like these vanish in seconds and end up on eBay with prices three (or more) times higher. At least when I plunk down the money for these I know what I'm getting. (For those curious, the auto stickers here are older when she was signing in higher volumes for WWE releases -- her auto is back to an every-letter sig now.)
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but wrestling cards are here.

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The box: Gems of the Game & CGC baseball repack (MJ Holding)
Where to buy: Retail outlets (price will vary depending on store) -- click here for MLB boxes

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The box: 2025 Historic Autographs Big League Photos Autograph Edition Series 2
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2025 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 29
Box basics: Five encased on-card autographs per six-pack box (three boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Five Star hits to the diamond for another year with a new format, some new looks, some deluxe inclusions and a mix of stars from the past and present ... sometimes on the same card.

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What: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 3
Box basics: Two hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case) or one autograph per Allen & Ginter X box
Checklist: Click here (Excel file)
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. The 20th edition of the brand under Topps' revival will apparently include only two hits per hobby box, based on early info.

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What's Buzzing: Sleeping on Steph Curry cards (kind of), NFL chatter, Luke Skywalker's pricey debut, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Showing off certain Steph Curry cards

2 -- All your football chatter

3 -- Luke Skywalker's debut in elite grade = cash

4 -- New MLB pulls are popping here

5 -- WWE has 'em talking

6 -- All your off-season MLB chatter is here

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

MY EARLY INK FOR A BREAK-OUT STAR
The Card: Pete Crow-Armstrong 2018 Panini Elite Extra Edition 18U National Team Signatures Red (from 2019 USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets)(/100)
The Reason Graded: I landed this ink for the Chicago Cubs star in a rack set -- that's a set and then some bonus cards in pack form direct from USA Baseball back in the day -- and he was one of a number of good names I found there for a low price. They all sat with my stuff for a few years before his breakout 2024 season got this one put into a grading order. Why? So I could get some ink in a slab and cross him off my list of key names needed. Crow-Armstrong joined the 30-30 Club this season, won his first Gold Glove and was an All-Star, too. The cool part? I added his ink from a two-auto set for just $9.99. (Other colors of this card are in standard EEE boxes ... the Reds are only in the sets I bought.)
The Grade: CGC 9.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: The stock on these is the standard Donruss cardboard that can't decide if its chippy or soft -- it's generally pretty clean but a bottom corner could be soft here on the card backs where there's some color to make fuzz really obvious. This one was cleaner than other grading-worthy names but I'll likely slab others I found over time as more than a few here are in MLB now. He was the highest-profile name who needed to be graded now.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13 and plenty more is on collectors' minds as we recover from Black Friday.

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1 -- Ripping into a new NFL box

2 -- NFL Week 13 chatter continues

3 -- Two WWE stars who collect

4 -- All your college football chatter

5 -- Debating the Duke rookies

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks ... talking QC

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13, caring about defense, a Duke rookies debate, NBA pulls and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 13 chatter

2 -- Will this make collectors care about defense? (Probably not.)

3 -- Debating the Duke rookies

4 -- Ripping NBA boxes

5 -- Talking comics

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13, college football, Wild Card pulls, Topps NBA, 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 13 chatter is here

2 -- College football is also on their minds

3 -- Inside a Topps NBA box

4 -- Collecting some Wild Card football

5 -- Talking 2025 Ginter

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks

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What's Buzzing: Shedeur Sanders, new pulls, least-favorite football cards, NFL Week 13 and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 13

2 -- Talking least favorite football cards

3 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks

4 -- Shedeur Sanders

5 -- This thread has 'em talking ... 

6 -- New NBA pulls

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 12, Brandon Nimmo to Texas, Flawless NBA, inside a Topps Update case and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 12 reactions

2 -- Finding Nimmo in Texas

3 -- Talking Panini Flawless NBA

4 -- Even more NBA chatter here

5 -- Inside a Topps Update case

6 -- New MLB pulls ... New NBA pulls

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What's Buzzing: Arch Manning had a day (and other college football chatter), NFL Week 12, graded cards, a big Marvel question, new pulls and signed books.

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1 -- All your college football chatter

2 -- NFL Week 12

3 -- Talking graded cards

4 -- A Marvel question

5 -- Talking signed books

6 -- New MLB pulls ... New NBA pulls

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What's Buzzing: Giannis ink to arrive in Chrome, NFL Week 12 chatter, MLB and NBA pulls ... and even more in this one.

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1 -- NFL Week 12 chatter

2 -- Talking autographs

3 -- Ginter autos are on their minds

4 -- Giannis Antetokounmpo ink arriving in Topps Chrome

5 -- All your MLB chatter

6 -- New MLB pulls ... New NBA pulls

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The pack: 1996 Topps Series 2 baseball cards -- magazine (retail) pack
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Retro Rips

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, NFL chatter, Topps Chrome NBA, a big error and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 12

2 -- (You don't have to.)

3 -- Whoops

4 -- Talking Topps Chrome NBA

5 -- All your MLB chatter

6 -- New MLB pulls ... New NBA pulls

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The box: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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What's Buzzing: Worst NFL franchises, NFL Week 12, Topps Chrome NBA, pre-LeBron favorites, MLB chatter and new pulls.

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1 -- All your NFL Week 12 chatter is here

2 -- Picking the worst teams in the NFL

3 -- Talking Topps Chrome NBA upon pre-sale arrival

4 -- Talking NBA favorites ... before LeBron James' years

5 -- All your MLB chatter is here

6 -- New MLB pulls are here ... New NBA pulls are here

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What's Buzzing: Arguing about Shohei Ohtani's greatness, new pulls and plenty more in today's edition.

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1 -- Arguing about Shohei Ohtani's greatness

2 -- All your NFL chatter is here

3 -- An A+ box of Pro Debut

4 -- See all of the new baseball pulls here

5 -- Talking Heritage High Number 

6 -- Talking the full Hall of Fame ballot

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What's Buzzing: Talking Heritage High Number, Chrome NBA, the Hall of Fame ballot, new pulls and more.

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1 -- See all of the new baseball pulls here

2 -- Talking the full Hall of Fame ballot

3 -- New NFL pulls are here

4 -- Talking Heritage High Number 

5 -- Falcons fans react to the injury news

6 -- Topps Chrome NBA delayed but still on minds 

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What's Buzzing: Josh Allen dominates, other NFL Week 11 reactions, Bo Nix, MLB chatter, Topps Chrome NBA and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Josh Allen had himself a day -- and more NFL Week 11 reactions

2 -- Talking Bo Nix after the Chiefs fall in Denver

3 -- All your MLB chatter is here

4 -- Talking Allen card values

5 -- One jumbo box of Topps Update over-delivered ... more breaks here

6 -- Still chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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What: 2025 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The second wave of throwback cards for 1976 is coming soon and we know that based on some image teasers and basics teased this weekend.

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What's Buzzing: New baseball and basketball pulls, NFL Week 11, MLB chatter, Topps Chrome NBA and more.

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1 -- Some new MLB and MiLB pulls

2 -- Ripping Topps NBA

3 -- Still talking Drake Maye

4 -- Ready for NFL Week 11

5 -- All your MLB chatter is here

6 -- Still chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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