Today’s highly anticipated release of the JFK files — the previously classified documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 — are sure to be a holiday of sorts for conspiracy theorists and are sure to pique the curiosity of history buffs and presidential-minded people.
But the life of the 35th president has prompted plenty of cardboard appearances over the years, too, far beyond just the tragedy of that November day in Dallas, Texas.
A run of Topps Heritage near master sets — in this case every single card in the product — for the first decade of the popular brand as well as a pair of autograph proof sheets featuring cards that were never produced have hit the auction block via Robert Edward Auctions.
The run begins with the first Heritage set from 2001 — a product among a few celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary that year, and one that offered us a re-do of the iconic 1952 Topps set but with today’s stars and nods to the past — and runs to 2011 when Heritage hit the memorable wood-bordered 1962 Topps design.
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The box: 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (hobby Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 220
Base set completion:
168 of 200 (84 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Short-prints (Nos. 701-725) (8) – Dylan Bundy, Carlos Martinez, Pablo Sandoval, Greg Holland, Edwin Diaz, Jared Hughes, Alex Cobb, Michael Pineda
Notables on base cards – Cody Bellinger, Matt Olson, Ian Happ, Aroldis Chapman
Rookie Cards – Cody Bellinger, Pierce Johnson, Christian Arroyo, Amir Garrett, Jesse Winker, Gift Ngoepe, Carlos Asuaje, Antonio Senzatela, Josh Smoker, Reynaldo Lopez, Andrew Toles, Rob Zastryzny, Rob Segedin, Phil Ervin, Mauricio Cabrera, Gabriel Ynoa, Jesus Aguilar, Jorge Bonifacio, Stephen Cardullo, Joe Jimenez, Koda Glover, Allen Cordoba, J.T. Riddle, Rafael Bautista, Bruce Maxwell, Daniel Robertson, Renato Nunez, Dovydas Neverauskas, Matt Carasiti, Dan Vogelbach, Chad Pinder, Seth Lugo, Jorge Alfaro, Jose DeLeon, Jarlin Garcia, Chih-Wei Hu, Jordan Montgomery, Jeff Hoffman, Teoscar Hernandez, Ian Happ, Kyle Freeland, Magneuris Sierra, Mitch Haniger, Matt Olson, German Marquez, Anthony Alford, Jose Osuna, Pat Valaika, T.J. Rivera
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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
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big pulls, 2018 Topps Heritage chatter, redemption maildays, powerful blasters & more.
What: 2018 Topps Heritage baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 28
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Collectors can turn back the clock to 1969 once again with the arrival of Heritage, which continues with the what’s-old-is-new-again tradition that began back in 2001.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls from around the collecting world as we start a new week.
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 …
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 3.
The box: 2013 Topps Heritage baseball blaster (Hot Box)
The cost: $16
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
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What’s Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks today as the weekend nears.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big breaks from National Treasures and elsewhere from around the collecting world.
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.
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 the finale of today’s marathon.
The pack: 2015 Topps Heritage baseball blaster box
The cost now: $19.99
The cost then: $19.99
What’s inside this box? Keep reading …
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The box: 2016 Topps Heritage High Number blaster box
The cost now: $19.99 — or less
The cost then: $19.99 (at retail)
What’s inside this box? Keep reading …
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The box: 2017 Topps Heritage hobby box
The cost: Click here to see
What’s inside this box? Keep reading …
What: 2017 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards
Arrives: Aug. 2
Box basics: Two hits (one autograph guaranteed) in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: The Heritage WWE brand utilizes the 1987 Topps baseball design as it looks at today’s stars in its popular throwback style.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
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.
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What’s Buzzing Today: The waiting is the hardest part for 2017 Topps Heritage, retro NBA breaks and plenty more.
If you hadn’t noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices now over on the mothership as BlowoutCards.com’s Black November Wave 9 hits today.
Many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases — and here are five boxes that caught this collector’s eye.
2016 Panini Classics football hobby box
Just because it’s not expensive doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the best releases of the year so far — and if you ask this collector Classics is a contender for just that. You’ll find one autograph per box and memorabilia cards atop the ink in others. There also is one buyback auto per 20-box case with some big names to be found. This one’s retro-styled but brand-new design (with a nod to 1983 Topps) is strong with some quirky variations and touches that also add to the oldschool feel. You can see more of those and a gallery in past Buzz stories here. Aside from the hits, the printing quality and design here on retro stock make this a fun rip no matter what. Had Buzz not jumped on some cases in Black November previously, this would be in the ol’ cart.
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The box: 2015 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion:
63 of 500 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Ryan Howard, Jason Heyward, George Springer, Don Mattingly (manager)
Rookie Cards (5) – Jairo Diaz & Shawn O’Malley, Brandon Finnegan & Terrence Gore, Frank Garces & Erik Cordier, Gary Brown & Hunter Strickland, Guilder Rodriguez & Lisalverto Bonilla
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The box: 2016 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 18
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 139
Base set completion:
120 of 200 (60 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Dansby Swanson, Ozzie Albies, Andrew Benintendi, Jose DeLeon, Daz Cameron, J.P. Crawford
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The box: 2016 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 216
Base set completion:
190 of 200 (95 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Jurickson Profar, Justin Upton, Daniel Murphy, Steven Moya, Matt Wieters
Rookie Cards (52) – Julio Urias, Willson Contreras, Michael Fulmer, Albert Almora, Lance McCullers, Taylor Motter, Jake Barrett, Matthew Bowman, Chad Kuhl, Tim Anderson, Jabari Blash, Colin Moran, Shawn Morimando, Matt Reynolds, Matt Purke, Matt Bush, Matt Buschmann, Tyler Goeddel, Luis Cessa, Lucas Giolito, Alen Hanson, Jeimer Candelario, Tim Adleman, Carlos Estevez, Mike Clevinger, Cody Reed, Tommy Joseph, Ryan O’Rourke, Tyrell Jenkins, Johnny Barbato, Whit Merrifield, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Joe Biagini, Michael Ynoa, Tony Barnette, Pat Dean, Joey Rickard, Keon Broxton, Edwin Diaz, Tony Kemp, Jameson Taillon, Zach Eflin, Derek Law, Ji-Man Choi, Sean Manaea, Ben Gamel, Tyler White (SP), Seung-Hwan Oh (SP), Byung-Ho Park (SP), Max Kepler (SP), Kenta Maeda (SP), Ross Stripling (SP)
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The box: 2016 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:
63 of 200 (32 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Matt Wieters, Tim Lincecum, Adam Wainwright
Rookie Cards (15) – Julio Urias, Willson Contreras, A.J. Reed, Jameson Taillon, Tyrell Jenkins, Joey Rickard, Johnny Barbato, Shawn Mortimando, Ji-Man Choi, Pat Dean, Mike Clevenger, Michael Fulmer, Keon Broxton, Tommy Joseph, Taylor Motter
The wait is almost over for new 1967s.
Tomorrow is the official arrival date for 2016 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards but early rippers and retail rippers have begun posting their results on eBay.
The wait for who’s in and who’s out in this year’s final look back at 1967 Topps is now known.
How? Topps has released the checklist for 2016 Topps Heritage High Number 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.
This Red Sox slugger has been in some elite company this season and his cardboard continues to pick up momentum.
His name is Mookie Betts and he smacked another homer — a three-run shot — last night in Baltimore to up his season total to 28. That comes off the heels of a three-homer game Sunday that put him side-by-side with Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players with a pair of three-homer games in the same season.
It’s sparked a wave of Topps Now cards — and pricey Relics that sold out near-instantly — but it’s not the only cardboard that Betts has that’s now in more demand.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Flawless baseball, Flawless soccer, The National, one kid’s strong first wax box, Nolan Patrick exclusivity & 10 packs, 10 Joe Namath autos.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big pulls in Orlando, Ghostbusters, big retail pulls, impressive Heritage and … Mike Trout to the Cubs?
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What’s Buzzing Today: Jake Arrieta, Topps Heritage Red autos, 2016 Bowman, an expired LeBron James redemption & more …
Jimmy Grant
Also known as: Jim2Cat5 on Blowout
Email: jmgrant025@gmail.com
Location: Tennessee
Work away from cards: Systems Engineer
Collecting since: 1995
Main focuses: Topps Heritage master sets and Topps Heritage Chrome sets
Favorite players/teams: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa
Current collecting projects: 1 — Completing 2016 Topps Heritage master set — only errors and color swaps remain.
2 — Finding errors and variations from 2008-2011 Topps Heritage. 3 — Grading my collection.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Rare and pricey 2016 Topps Heritage throwback variations, Aaron Judge, a crazy 2016 Donruss retail pack, Fantastic breaks and discussing card design.
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The box: 2016 Topps Heritage baseball cards (Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 216
Base set completion:
169 of 425 (40 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notable names pulled on base cards: Ichiro Suzuki, Kris Bryant, Byron Buxton, Carlos Rodon, Manny Machado.
Rookie Cards pulled (11) — Notables include Corey Seager, Michael Conforto, Aaron Nola, Henry Owens, Raul Mondesi.
The first cards from 2016 Topps Heritage are starting to trickle onto eBay from retail boxes around the country and we’re getting our first looks at new names and new faces in new places on the revival of the 1967 Topps design.
That means David Price with his Red Sox threads, Jason Heyward as a Cub and Rookie Cards of Corey Seager, Kyle Schwarber and a pairing of Aaron Nola and Michael Conforto for starters.
Buzz’s personal box and break will arrive on Wednesday, but until then we’ll update a gallery of images and add short-print info here.
We’re less than a month away from the release of 2016 Topps Heritage baseball cards, the annual trek to the past that includes errors and variations as an added homage to the past year within the new product.
In advance of the March 2 release, Buzz was wondering about which mistakes are found in the 1967 Topps set — that’s this year’s throwback model — and what might be found. We don’t yet have a checklist from Topps for this year, but that will be telling. Why? Stars from the past teams will often match stars on present teams in the set if an error/correction is in play.
Here’s a rundown of the mistakes found in 1967 Topps …
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