What's Buzzing: Ichiro Suzuki heads to Cooperstown, The National, Nick Kurtz, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Ichiro Suzuki and new Hall of Famers ready for their moments

2 -- The National is this week

3 -- Nick Kurtz thoughts

4 -- New MLB pulls are here

5 -- A big Goodwin Champions pull

6 -- Hulk Hogan dies at 71

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What: 2025 Super Break Supercharged
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: At least three items per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break offers up a new memorabilia blind-box product to start the spring with a mix of some of the biggest names in the game -- all sports -- and more in pop culture possible among the finds, which include this baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

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What: 2023 Super Break Supercharged Series 3
Arrives: Sept. 18
Box basics: Three items per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break offers up a third version of a memorabilia vault type of offering this year with some of the biggest names in the game (all sports) and other notables from pop culture and elsewhere all possible -- "GOATs, GOATs and more GOATs," according to the company.

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What: 2023 Pieces of the Past Art & Music Edition
Arrives: January 2023
Box basics: Two hits per four-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Pieces of the Past once focuses on pop culture with a celebration of artwork from the past and then the names and faces of music and more among more recent years in both cuts, original artwork and more.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What: 2019 Historic Autographs 1969
Arrives: Nov. 20
Box basics: Three relic/chase cards per six-card box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs looks back a half-century to a year that generated plenty of headlines in history whether it was in the news, pop culture, the sports world or beyond.

Keep reading for more information.

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Note: A break from The National coverage for this month's Making the Grade as Buzz preps to be at the show later today. Look for plenty more from Cleveland here soon.

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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 ...

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If you want to see how different Topps' Allen & Ginter baseball card set is, all you have to do is look at the checklist set scroll down to card No. 18.

"Bullpen car."

That's just one of the surprises in the 2018 edition of the retro-styled brand that's been revived since 2006 with 1880s stylings that include not only baseball stars but "World's Champions" in other sports and beyond.

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The Beatles' iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band arrived in the United States 50 years ago tomorrow, helping forever change the musical landscape with songs such as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "With a Little Help from My Friends" and, of course, its title track.

The sonic experimentation (and heavily parodied album cover) stands up after all those years and the four members of the band will be hitting toy stores soon as part of the anniversary, adding to a wave of merchandise that also includes similar but smaller blind-wrapped mini figures for Yellow Submarine.

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Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions concluded its sale of Ringo Starr's memorabilia on Saturday night and the biggest sale of the three-day event has a tie to the sports world.

The buyer? Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.

The price?

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It's no secret that Ringo Starr isn't a fan of signing autographs -- even though he's done so thousands of times up until a few years ago when he posted a video on his website saying "no more."

But now The Beatles' drummer is signing just 250 copies of “Property From The Collection of Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach” which is the auction catalog box set for the upcoming sale of his memorabilia collection though Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions.

How much?

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