eBay Buzz: This 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan Rookie Card is how much?

It’s not new and fresh from a pack, but the price tag attached?

Well, it’s a jaw-dropper.

It’s a nearly perfect copy of Nolan Ryan‘s 1968 Topps Rookie Card — a hobby classic that’s chased by both New Yorkers who remember his early days with an iconic World Series-winning team, but also the fans of a rugged Texan who struck out more players than anyone else in MLB history. (And maybe by a few Jerry Koosman fans, too.)

Is it worth that? Perhaps to the right deep-pocketed collector — but maybe not for that much, though Ryan was MLB’s first million-dollar-a-year player when he signed with the Houston Astros in 1980.

Buzz Break: 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster box)

From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post 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: 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
64 of 200 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joey Gallo, Michael Wacha

Rookie Cards (18) – Rob Segedin, Jorge Bonifacio, Mauricio Cabrera, Ty Blach, Allen Cordoba, Jorge Alfaro, Seth Lugo, J.T. Riddle, Stuart Turner, Adalberto Mejia, Sal Romano, Jose Osuna, Jose Martinez, Anthony Alford, Gabriel Ynoa, Chih-Wei Hu, Josh Smoker, Reynaldo Lopez

Who’s on the 2017 Topps Heritage High Number checklist? It’s here …

The burlap is back one last time this year and there’s just one question on the minds of many.

Who’s on the 2017 Topps Heritage High Number checklist?

We have that answer in advance of its arrival next week.

Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2017 Topps Heritage blaster Hot Box (Hour 8)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is Hour 8.

The box: 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards blaster (Hot Box)
The cost: Click here

What’s inside this one? Keep reading …

First Buzz: 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards

What: 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 16
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Final checklist: click here to view

What’s buzz-worthy: The burlap is back for another run this year as Topps revisits 1968 for an update edition of Heritage with much of the same formula that has made it a hobby staple for the last 16 years.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

Gallery & short-print basics: 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards

Our annual trip back in time officially arrives on Wednesday as 2017 Topps Heritage hits once again with a look back at the burlap design of 1968 Topps using today’s stars.

Part of that package will be variations that are based on errors and variations from the original set that it seeks to replicate (at least in part) and we’ll get to those right here as they arrive.

For now, though, our gallery here will include looks at the basics and other fun finds as they arrive — and they have started to show up from Topps and they’ll be hitting eBay auctions via retail breaks at any time now.

Need a 2017 Topps Heritage baseball checklist? It’s here …

Just one week away.

The burlap is back soon as Topps revisits 1968 for the newest edition of Topps Heritage with much of the same formula that has made it a hobby staple for the last 16 years.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Feb. 19)

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: Trading Cards artwork, vintage cards, collecting Canseco & more.

Are you ready to chase variations in 2017 Topps Heritage? Here’s a potential checklist primer from ’68

The annual trip back in time on baseball cards is nearly here as 2017 Topps Heritage arrives on March 1 with a new look at the famed (or is it infamous?) burlap design of 1968 Topps.

Part of that package are variations that are based on errors and variations from the original set that it seeks to replicate (at least in part) with players of today.

Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Jan. 30)

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: Busting Bowman Draft, waiting on Topps Heritage, NFL Quarterback Challenge cards, rare Derek Jeter finds & much more.

First Buzz: 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards

What: 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Final checklist: Click here to view

What’s buzz-worthy: The burlap is back as Topps revisits 1968 for the newest edition of Heritage with much of the same formula that has made it a hobby staple for the last 16 years.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

Mickey Mantle cards sell for more than $750,000 via Memory Lane Inc.

Demand for The Mick continues to be an all-time high.

A run of high-grade Mickey Mantle Topps and Bowman baseball cards from 1951 to 1969 sold for more than $750,000 this weekend in a Memory Lane Inc. auction.

“The Empire State Collection” consisted of 21 PSA-graded cards and, according to the company, 14 of them set new record-highs for their condition.

eBay Buzz: 1968 Topps photo slide as rare as it gets for Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan is baseball’s strikeout king and one of the safest and most-collectable players in the hobby today.

But back when Topps was putting together its 1968 baseball card set, he was just a rookie pitcher for the New York Mets — a guy who was famously forced to share his Rookie Card with a teammate, Jerry Koosman.