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What's Buzzing Today: A big Zion Williamson pull, inside a Supernatural Mystery Box, pondering Luka Doncic's values in Year 2 and plenty more in today's edition.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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ALLLLLL ABOARD?
The Item: Zion Williamson 2019-20 Panini Contenders Draft Picks College Ticket parallel (/5)
The Price: $50,000 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The Zion packs are here and there are a number of possibilities with the various parallels in this one -- and there are a number of them that are rare like this card. Will this price be hit? Well, big things are also possible for NBA phenoms -- and there are other active auctions that are higher (seriously, hit that link below) for the No. 1 overall draft pick. So ... maybe. Part of me wants to cite the arrivals of Shaq and LeBron James in comparison to this but the hype train just seems to be bigger and pricier than those Hall of Famers. Will it last? We'll see -- again, anything seems possible with NBA cards and the global demand without a massive global supply -- but the key is to ride the track however you want to as a seller, buyer or collector. We have some time before NBA Hoops arrives with him in pro colors so the Duke stuff will get plenty of attention until that time.
Similar Pieces: Other Zion Williamson Contenders autographs on eBay
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What's Buzzing Today: Showing off favorite cards, collecting an NHL auto set, Contenders Draft Picks basketball is here and a big bummer for one key NFL card.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down 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: 2018 Donruss Optic NFL cards (Walmart blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 13 of 100 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Deshaun Watson, Andrew Luck, Antonio Brown, David Johnson, Michael Thomas, Mitchell Trubisky, Bilal Powell, Charles Clay, Dion Lewis, Sammy Watkins, Demaryius Thomas

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but pulls from around the collecting world in today's edition.

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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: Collectors react to Justin Verlander's no-no, a 43-store retail road trip yields some heat, new breaks and more in this holiday edition.

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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: Overlooked sluggers, new pulls, tough sets to grade, retail clearance bin steals and more in today's edition.

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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 ...

The Card: Joe Namath 2015 Topps 60th Anniversary Rookie Reprint Autographs #T60RAJN
The Reason Graded: Buzz first met this NFL legend almost 20 years ago and landed the ink for free thanks to some luck while autograph hounding but when it comes to certified autographs of this icon I didn't have any until recent years. Why? He's always been a pricey auto but that has come down a bit as he's been a steady signer and doesn't have quite as much hobby heat as the guy at the end of this month's list. This release was how Topps burned off its Hall of Famer autographs via packs on its website once its NFL deal was done, so the influx of big-name autos helped make the supply even stronger at the time perhaps without added demand. I scouted them all where I buy and this one looked near-perfect to me in both its centering and that ink. Seriously, look at that signature ... that's a perfect Namath auto.
The Grade: BGS 9.5/10

Reality Check: I absolutely thought I had a BGS 10 contender with this one, though I submitted it before I picked up my better loupe and I probably didn't check the back as closely as I should have. Either way, it's still a very solid card in my stash. I don't grade autographs all that often -- I fear results I won't like on those -- but this one I had to. Most of them landed this grade with only one higher so I don't feel bad about not landing a 10.

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

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but NFL pulls and some baseball chatter in today's edition.

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What: 2019 Panini Immaculate Collection football cards
Arrives: Nov. 1
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate hits the gridiron with on-card autographs of "all the top rookies and legends the NFL has to offer" and a number of new twists for the brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2019 Panini Flawless baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: Seven autos, two memorabilia cards and one diamond card per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless returns to the baseball diamond "more autographed patch cards than ever before" as well as new gems and autographs on "several new on-card designs."

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What's Buzzing Today: Deivi Garcia is signing for 2019 Bowman Chrome, big pulls, the tale of one Trout and a surprise from Pop Century proof boxes.

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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: New NBA cards are coming -- with Zion Williamson in there, of course -- and that's just the start of today's leading chatter.

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What: 2019 Panini NFL Five trading card game
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: 24 nine-card packs per box (12 boxes per case); 57 cards per starter deck (eight 10-pack boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini takes TCGs to the gridiron with this two-player game that "unlike previous sports TCGs, the NFL Five game brings traditional trading card elements to the gridiron."

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What: 2019-20 Panini Prizm Draft Picks basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Zion Williamson's college days are not over -- at least when it comes to basketball cards -- as Prizm Draft Picks comes to the hardwood to revisit new stars with an autograph in every pack.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2019-20 NBA Hoops basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Zion Williamson's first in-pack New Orleans Pelicans cards arrive here in the hobby staple that brings plenty of the collecting fundamentals as well as some chase as it tips off the new NBA card season.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2019 Panini Prizm football cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm is back for a new season for NFL fans with a beefy 200-card base set that includes 100 Rookie Cards atop that each with colorful parallels and plenty 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 Today: Ronald Acuña Jr., MLB breaks, college National Treasures pulls and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big alleged card-trimming bummers, 1990s NBA cards and more in today's edition.

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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: Andrew Luck still has them talking, big pulls and more in a Monday edition.

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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: Andrew Luck calls it a career, a Kobe auto in a retail repack, NHL grading results and more in this early Sunday edition.

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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: Ronald Acuña Jr. makes history, big breaks, Hall of Famer autos you see too often, the XFL is coming and more in this weekend edition.

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What: 2018-19 Panini Obsidian basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: Two autographed cards per five-card pack
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Obsidian takes to the hardwood for the first time with plenty of rookie ink as well as past and present star power in an online-only release.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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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 from around the sports world and ... is Gleyber Torres next?

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What: 2019 Panini Phoenix football cards
Arrives: Oct. 16
Box basics: Two autographs (one a rookie jersey auto) and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Phoenix rises once again for its fourth season of football cards with plenty of rookies, memorabilia, ink and more in this colorful release.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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