What's Buzzing: NFL Week 11, pondering Shohei Ohtani's future MVP awards, inside new boxes, Topps Chrome NBA and more.

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First Day Issue

1 -- Ready for NFL Week 11

2 -- How many MVPs will Shohei Ohtani win?

3 -- All your MLB chatter is here

4 -- Talking Topps' Dutch auction plans

5 -- Ripping into new baseball boxes 

6 -- Still chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are your MVPs, ripping into new boxes, Topps Universe WWE, NFL chatter, NBA Chrome and ... fractional ownership unravels?

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1 -- MLB chatter: Your MLB MVPs are Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge + more

2 -- Ripping into new baseball boxes 

3 -- Talking 2025 Topps Universe WWE

4 -- Ready for NFL Week 11

5 -- Fractional ownership unravels?

6 -- Chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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What's Buzzing: Talking Topps Chrome NBA, NFL Week 11, Travis Hunter, Topps Update and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Ready for NFL Week 11

2 -- Some 2025 Topps Update pulls

3 -- Travis Hunter injury reactions 

4 -- All your MLB chatter is here

5 -- Talking Topps Update MLB

6 -- Chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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The box: 2025 Topps Holiday baseball cards (tin)
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What's Buzzing: Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin take home Rookie of the Year honors, pondering the NFL MVP and more on a Tuesday morning.

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1 -- Nick Kurtz is your AL ROY ... Drake Baldwin is your NL ROY

2 -- All your other MLB chatter is here

3 -- Pondering this year's NFL MVP (already) ... Even more NFL talk 

4 -- New NBA pulls .... Full NBA chatter

5 -- TTM autographs are on their minds

6 -- Talking graded cards

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 10, NBA loses a legend in Lenny Wilkens, shill bidding, a revealing grading question, new pulls and Munetaka Murakami.

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1 -- NFL Week 10 reactions

2 -- Basketball Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens dies at 88

3 -- Talking about shill bidding

4 -- A revealing grading question?

5 -- New football breaks are here 

6 -- Munetaka Murakami is on their minds

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What's Buzzing: Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami likely on way to MLB, altered cards, Drake Maye, case hits, Clayton Kershaw and more.

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1 -- Munetaka Murakami is on their minds

2 -- Talking altered cards ... big cards

3 -- Collecting one color of Drake Maye cards

4 -- The question of all questions

5 -- Some real talk on "case hit"

6 -- Talking Clayton Kershaw's cardboard 

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What's Buzzing: Joe Jackson hits the Living Set, NFL Week 10, new pulls, inside a case of Panini Combat Anthology, ripping high-end NASCAR and ... four autos in a single Bowman Chrome bonus pack?

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1 -- Shoeless Joe has 'em talking ... 

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- Four autos in one bonus pack ... 

4 -- Check out new football pulls

5 -- Inside a case of Panini Combat cardboard 

6 -- Ripping into some high-end NASCAR

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What's Buzzing: Dallas Cowboys lose a young team member, NFL Week 10, Topps NBA, sketch cards, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Marshawn Kneeland and more NFL talk here

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- Topps NBA still on their minds ... and the Living Set

4 -- Sketch cards are the topic here

5 -- New pulls are popping

6 -- All your offseason MLB talk 

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What's Buzzing: Inside some Donruss WNBA, NFL Week 10, new pulls, signed books, Hall of Famers and more.

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1 -- Ripping into some Donruss WNBA

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- All your MLB talk

4 -- New pulls are popping here

5 -- Talking autographed books

6 -- Chewing on the Hall of Fame committee ballot

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What: 2025 Topps Archives baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack hobby box (10 per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Archives will arrive for MLB fans once again with a mix of past and present favorites appearing on a variety of past designs all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 10, chewing on the Hall of Fame ballot, a grading question, deep thoughts and much more.

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1 -- Attention turns to NFL Week 10

2 -- Chewing on the Hall of Fame committee ballot

3 -- All your MLB chatter is here

4 -- A grading question 

5 -- A lot of thoughts here

6 -- Even more NFL talk here

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 9 reactions, Shohei Ohtani, Yoshibobu Yamamoto, NFL trades and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 9 reactions

2 -- Still talking Shohei Ohtani ... and the World Series MVP

3 -- Talking NFL trade deadline

4 -- Even more NFL chatter is here

5 -- Nope.

6 -- Check out football breaks here

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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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BOOK IT, BARRYMORE!
The Card: Drew Barrymore 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition Chapter 1 A-List Magazine Purple Autographs (/10)
The Price: A lot less than some others have paid for her booklets
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I'm not a big fan of how her abbreviated autograph looks on a sticker -- but since she has a long name I understand why she signs that way -- but I do casually collect some of her stuff, mostly 1990s-on (like in this photo), when it presents itself. Why? Just for something different ... so that's why we're here. Until Leaf's recent signing sessions with her, she's never had a certified autograph despite a lifetime on film and on cardboard since the early 1980s starting with Topps' E.T. set. Rather than obsess about her ink, I waited out a good price on this booklet and crossed it off the list. It's an unusual design -- not the typical kind of book -- but prices on her signed stuff have been steep with a lot of them being lower-volume cards. Many of her autos -- even solo ones -- can sell for $100 and up and combo booklets can be even steeper. I found this for less than that ... so it was a win for me.
Grab a box right here: Non-sports cards are here.

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What's Buzzing: Dodgers win the World Series, NFL chatter and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- Dodgers win the World Series

2 -- NFL Week 9 chatter

3 -- Talking NFL trade deadline

4 -- Looking at the World Series MVP

5 -- Reactions to a Saturday night of WWE

6 -- MLB lockout chatter

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What's Buzzing: World Series goes to Game 7, reacting to a new NFL Week and talking the trade deadline, NBA, Bowman Chrome U breaks and more.

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1 -- Blue Jays and Dodgers take World Series to Game 7

2 -- NFL Week 9 chatter

3 -- Talking NFL trade deadline

4 -- An age-old autograph question

5 -- Everything NBA is here

6 -- Bowman Chrome University breaks and more

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What's Buzzing: Will the World Series end tonight? That and plenty more is on collectors' minds.

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1 -- Will the World Series end tonight?

2 -- Readying for NFL Week 9

3 -- MLB lockout chatter

4 -- A question for player collectors 

5 -- Shohei Ohtani as World Series MVP no matter what?

6 -- New MLB breaks are here

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What: 2025 Topps Black & White baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: One autograph per hobby box (TBD per case) & TBD per mega box (TBD per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Black & White arrives for new year with a lineup of inclusions and a pair of formats along with plenty of new looks and approaches for the brand.

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What's Buzzing: Trey Yesavage makes World Series history, starting a new NFL week and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Blue Jays' Trey Yesavage sets a World Series record

2 -- Readying for NFL Week 9

3 -- New MLB breaks are here

4 -- Talking comic books

5 -- NFL breaks are popping here

6 -- Ohtani or Vladdy: Who you buying?

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I bought it because there was one key name attached ... but it turns out there were at least six.

My newest ball in the Collecting Game-used series is one I picked up on the open market thanks to one name I collect being on there, Toronto Blue Jays star Bo Bichette, and it turned out to be a lot more than a run-scoring hit once I checked the authentication code and the video. This baseball turned out to be perhaps the most-complete piece in my game-used stash -- one that was used for a full plate appearance for the preceding batter and then everything for Bichette as well ... but only after a pitching change.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What's Buzzing: Blue Jays win again in World Series, spot the Superfractor, NFL Week 9, Topps Holiday and ... Ohtani or Vladdy?

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1 -- Blue Jays win again in World Series

2 -- Ohtani or Vladdy: Who you buying?

3 -- Spot the Superfractor in this old thread ...

4 -- Readying for NFL Week 9

5 -- See even more NFL chatter here

6 -- Holiday collation could be spotty

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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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A PC THROWBACK II
The Lot: About 50 cards of former MLB player Nick Swisher (mostly from 2006-2015)
The Price: Less than a jumbo pack of something in the retail wild (with tax) -- check out Retro Rips here

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani puts on a show (again), Cooper Flagg, Wemby, NFL Week 8, showing off Ohtani cards and more.

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1 -- Shohei Ohtani puts on a show in World Series

2 -- NFL Week 8 reactions

3 -- Showing off Ohtani cards

4 -- Cooper Flagg ... Victor Wembanyama

5 -- "Priced out"

6 -- Topps NBA continues to spark discussion

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