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What’s Buzzing Today: Favorite cards, Steph Curry‘s dollar value, big 2016 Bowman breaks & spiking Michael Jordan stickers.
The latest Leaf sports card brand arrived on Friday in the form of the high-end 2015 Leaf Q, which packs a few sports-related surprises inside along with some of the biggest names in all of sports history.
Among the surprises? Chevy Chase‘s first certified autographs — the first of a few to come, actually — with this one remembering his time as an NBA player in Fletch.
What: 2016 Topps Bunt baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 17
Box basics: Seven cards per pack, 36 packs per box (20 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The first physical Topps Bunt set will be a low-end release with a digital component alongside traditional cardboard — a 200-card set that will have a full array of inserts and hits.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
Chipper: 🎶 “I can be your hero, Freddie.”🎶 (probably)
Chipper rescues Freddie bobblehead, May 28th! pic.twitter.com/Q60O3Sl4Ft
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 29, 2016
The Atlanta Braves may need some rescuing by the end of this season, but at least there will be one promotional game on the calendar that can take some of the sting away from a bad season.
On May 28, the first 20,000 fans into the park will receive a “Chipper rescues Freddie” ATV bobblehead re-creating a moment from the January 2014 winter storm that left countless people stranded around Atlanta. One of those stranded was first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was rescued by past Brave and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones.
It was a tale seen by many on Twitter and one apparently memorable and odd enough to get fans back to the park.
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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What’s Buzzing Today: 2016 Bowman, Kenta Maeda, the NFL Draft & no more Topps football cards … so now what?
We all know that Star Wars is one of the biggest forces in the galaxy, but Topps‘ latest online offering shows you that it’s also a global force.
The company released its newest The Force Awakens product — stickers — on Friday while also offering a pair of Star Wars tins with Journey to The Force Awakens trading cards inside that are from Germany.
Why? … Why not?
Nobody in the history of Major League Baseball hit more home runs than Barry Bonds and that means his autograph will always be in demand to some degree.
If you’re like many collectors, you may not have a Bonds auto in your stash, but there’s one way to land one without a lot of work — and without a boatload of cash.
You can get one straight from Bonds himself.
When the newest World Wrestling Entertainment trading card set arrives from Topps next week it will include some notable Rookie Cards and some returns of big names in wrestling history we haven’t seen on WWE cardboard in years.
How do we know? Topps released the final checklist for 2016 Topps WWE on Friday in advance of its May 4 arrival.
Jared Goff is your No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and Panini America has revealed his first football card online to be found on its Gridiron digital card app soon.
Buzz will add all players drafted to this thread as the first round goes on just so you can see them all in one spot on samples of their real cardboard already available.
Buzz also will offer his take on the player’s place, too, in a real-time recap.
Four years ago, Bryce Harper made his MLB debut with plenty of collectors watching and plenty of money already spent on his cardboard.
He’s lived up to the hype since then as the reigning National League MVP, and to mark the four-year anniversary of the debut — and what he’s done since then — a limited edition cap and package was produced for Nationals fans to chase if they live in the D.C. area.
An original piece of Norman Rockwell promotional artwork is up for grabs via Heritage Auctions and is expected to fetch a hefty sum because of its famous creator.
But it’s also got a famous owner, too.
What: 2016-17 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards
Arrives: Sept. 7
Box basics: No guaranteed hits per 32-pack box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: A meaty base set with retro style enhanced with plenty of modern-day features and collectable options continuing what we’ve seen in recent years from Upper Deck will help fuel the interest here without an overabundance of “hits” in a case.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
As the NBA postseason marches on so does the basketball card season and the latest release from Panini America is a high-end brand loaded with hits.
Every box of 2015-16 Panini Luxe, which arrived this week, packs just four cards inside and they are all autographs or memorabilia cards for a premium price.
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning had a habit of sorts through the years that a collector just might find interesting — and now it’s part of a viral video ad campaign and tribute to the former Vols, Colts and Broncos signal-caller.
His habit? He writes letters.
ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen takes a moment to discuss his letter from Manning as he battles cancer. Pam Frenzel recaps the moments her late son shared with the QB. Manning’s past coaches recap moments that prompted correspondence. His family members, his teammates and others also revisit their moments via Gatorade‘s series of videos.
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What’s Buzzing Today: Big maildays, 2016 Bowman, 2016 Score & what’s an RC?
The arrival of 2016 Score football cards on Wednesday marks the start of the NFL card season and a new landscape for the league when it comes to cardboard.
None of this year’s rookies have been drafted yet — that starts on Thursday night — so they’re found in their college colors as part of the product, which includes four autographs or memorabilia cards in every jumbo box.
One of the most-dominant television shows in history is so big that a single season gets two sets of trading cards and that first wave arrives next month packing plenty of action and highlights as well as plenty of ink.
And that’s just on the sketch cards.
This year’s NFL Draft begins tomorrow night in Chicago, but Panini America has been busy at work the last couple of days signing plenty of players.
And it didn’t even have to trade a single pick.
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What’s Buzzing Today: 2016 Bowman, Andrew McCutchen, Jose Berrios & Superfractors.
Breygent‘s American Horror Story: Asylum trading cards are set to arrive next month with each set including a total of eight autograph and memorabilia cards.
To help entice fans of the show, the company has released teaser images of many of those cards.
What: 2016 Leaf Rookie Retro sports cards
Arrives: June
Box basics: One graded buyback Rookie Card and one Leaf Throwback card per box (five boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf’s latest buyback product takes memorable Rookie Cards from throughout the sports world and adds a new touch in a two-card box packing plenty of potential.
What: 2016 Panini Gala football cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards and one base card per five-card box (eight boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Gala comes to the gridiron with the same formula seen with basketball — the most-notable trait being short-printed Rookie Cards limited to only eight copies.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
They say Chrome is king and the latest piece of the dynasty officially arrives tomorrow.
The biggest draw in 2016 Bowman might arguably be the Chrome autograph debut of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda, but there are plenty more players who will keep prospectors busy.
What: 2016 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Prime Slime Trashy TV trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 5
Box basics: One hit per Hobby Collector box (eight boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The Garbage Pail Kids return with a second helping of Americana this year, but this time it’s all about what’s found on TV.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
What: 2016 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics: Two autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Every autograph is on-card or a cut signature and once again there are just two cards per pack to help make it a more-affordable high-end option for collectors.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
If you’re a long-time reader of The Buzz, you may remember the Steiner Sports promotion that allowed anybody, anywhere to trade in a legit Cleveland Browns quarterback autograph from the past for a $100 gift card.
Buzz’s headline back in January played up the Johnny Manziel drama — sadly, it’s derailed completely since then — and but opted to take a shot here with a cheaper auto. Buzz picked off a Connor Shaw 2014 Panini Contenders autograph from COMC.com for just $1.99, had it delivered, followed the instructions from Steiner and mailed it in.
Buzz waited but never received a gift card — as it turns out, Steiner had so many requests as part of the promotion that it ran out of physical gift cards to mail. (Those still waiting should email the company with their info and address they used when they mailed in their Browns item.) After getting the discount info, Buzz waited again to find a key item to use the code. Today was the day as Buzz spent a few minutes to check out the site after a promotional email, wondering if a worthy item could be found and searching the game-used section, entertainment section and even the clearance rack for the right item.
And then Buzz found it.
What: 2016 Panini Clear Vision football cards
Arrives: July 13
Box basics: One autograph or memorabilia card per six-pack box (18 boxes per case via two nine-box inners)
What’s buzz-worthy: The all-acetate show that is Clear Vision returns with four autographs per 18-box case (twice as many as last year) in a product where all hits are limited to no more than 99 copies.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
What: 2016 Topps Dynasty baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 2
Box basics: One autograph per box (five boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: “The greatest high-end brand in baseball is back for another season,” according to the sales materials for this one as Dynasty returns with the same formula as previous years.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
What: 2015-16 Panini Gala basketball cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards and one base card per five-card box (eight boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The second edition of Gala arrives with a new batch of Rookie Cards limited to only eight copies, while all autographs and memorabilia cards are limited to no more than 60 copies.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.
The final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse arrived today in advance of its arrival on May 27.
Check out the new trailer — and tell us what you think — after the jump.
What: 2016 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces trading cards
Arrives: June 29
Box basics: one sketch per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The Marvel Masterpieces brand is back with a featured artist — Joe Jusko — and an array of insert cards and buybacks that make the small box feel like something big.
Keep reading for more — and a gallery of images.
A previously unknown batch of 1857 baseball documents fetched $3.26 million on Sunday via SCP Auctions, which sold a set of “Laws of Base Ball” papers — items that pre-date Alexander Cartwright‘s contributions to the game.
It’s not quite a record-holder for historic sports documents, but it’s not shabby considering its auction history. According to the Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based auction house, these documents were first found as part of a 1999 manuscript auction with minimal details in their listing and bought without them having been researched. It was tucked away after a $12,650 purchase until recently.
Dr. James Naismith‘s “Rules of Basketball” from 1891 sold for $4.3 million, while the “Rules of Soccer” from 1859 sold for $1.4 million.
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What’s Buzzing Today: Museum Collection, big NFL pulls, Bill Gates’ money, Mickey Mantle’s RC & more.
The headlines after Kenta Maeda‘s fourth MLB start speak of superlatives — all-time superlatives — and that bodes well for his cardboard.
In part due to good timing.
The recent arrival of 2015 Panini Flawless football cards marked a new wave of high-end cards for fans to consider and a new wave of impressive possibilities for autographs and dazzling memorabilia displayed within cardboard.
Sometimes it’s simple, sometimes it’s not.
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