A number of championship rings, awards and game balls from the career of a Hall of Fame quarterback are headed to the auction block in January.

George Blanda's 26-year career as a quarterback and kicker included three AFL championships and a league MVP award -- and the spoils of those successes will be sold via Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based SCP Auctions. 

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Raging Tempest
Arrives: Feb. 10
Box basics: Twenty-four packs per box (12 boxes per case) or nine cards per blister pack (240 packs per case)

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For all the hobby firepower on the field for Game 1 of the World Series last night, leave it to the light-hitting catcher with just one anonymous Rookie Card to grab the spotlight.

The catcher is Cleveland's Roberto Perez and the only place to find his cards is in packs of 2015 Topps Update.  

He doesn't have an RC logo on his lone Rookie Card. He doesn't have a single prospect card from the Bowman realm (or any other of the countless brands from other companies) and all he has is a base card and parallels in Update save for a few team-issued minor league team sets here and there.

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Game 1 of the World Series is set for 8 p.m tonight on FOX and it pits two long-losing franchises against each other with one of them ready to claim their first championship in decades.

Here are a few basic questions about the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians for collectors to chew on ...

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Update: Including a buyer's premium, the card sold for $1,135,250

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A Heritage Auctions sale with more than 20 days remaining has a legitimate shot at yielding the hobby's next million-dollar baseball card.

It's a PSA 8.5 copy of Mickey Mantle's iconic 1952 Topps card and it's already pushing the high six-figures in an auction that began earlier this month.

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What's Buzzing Today: Kyle Schwarber's return, big breaks and more.

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Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi racked up 214 rushing yards on 28 carries Sunday against Buffalo to walk his way into some elite NFL company.

He became just the fourth player in the history of the league to rush for 200 yards in back-to-back games. The others? O.J. Simpson, Earl Campbell and Ricky Williams. Not bad company for the former Boise State star who's in his second season after being a fifth-round draft pick last year.

His cards are relatively available with more than 1,500 different cards made since last year and more than 750 of those being certified autographs. He has 40 Rookie Cards in a number of brands from Panini America and Topps last year.

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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: 2016 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 10 (plus one medallion pack)
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 101
Base set completion: 
81 of 300 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Manny Machado, Matt Wieters, Ichiro Suzuki, Mike Trout, Aroldis Chapman

Rookie Cards (14) – Johnny Barbara/Ben Gamel, Jeimer Candelario, Tyler Goeddel, Derek Law, Joey Rickard, Julio Urias, Jose Berrios, Matt Bush, Tim Adleman, Lucas Giolito, Shawn Morimando, Luis Severino, Corey Seager, Stephen Piscotty

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The Chicago Cubs are headed back to the World Series and Topps has the cardboard to prove it.

Less than 24 hours after the team clinched its first National League pennant since 1945, Topps Now cards are on the way documenting the big win -- but for only 24 hours via Topps.com.

There are Kris Bryant autographs -- a first for the player in the line -- along with Relics and standard cardboard as part of today's 16-card lineup.

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What: 2017 Topps Wacky Packages 50th Anniversary sticker cards
Arrives: March 15
Box basics: One hit per Hobby Collector box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' long-running art parody brand looks back to its own past while mocking today's pop culture icons and events in this new release.

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

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We're roughly one month away from Black Friday and Panini America has detailed its plans for its bonus programs for collectors on both that day as well as Cyber Monday.

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What: 2016 Panini Immaculate Collection Collegiate baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 2
Box basics:  Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate's baseball presence goes collegiate with top young stars and legends from the past all in one place with on-card autos, outrageous memorabilia and more in what Panini says is "the smallest case run in company history."

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

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A pair of iconic comic book characters also known from a pair of 1980s sword-and-sorcery films are making their way to toy aisles next month thanks to the Funko Pop! line.

They are Conan The Barbarian and Red Sonja. 

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We're 11 days away from the release of Topps' newest high-end Star Wars trading card brand and the company has announced one autograph inclusion that raises the high-dollar possibilities to an 11 as well.

The ink? No, it's nothing from Spinal Tap, it's the first Star Wars ink for Kylo Ren himself, Adam Driver.

His autographs will first be found inside boxes of 2016 Topps Star Wars Masterwork trading cards, which is a high-end brand that examines the entire Star Wars galaxy.

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When Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist biked his way to Wrigley Field in full uniform earlier this season, he got plenty of attention and his adventure even ended up on a Topps Now baseball card.

With his team a win away from a World Series berth, he and his now-famous free-wheeling ways are helping raise money for charity via a new baseball card released by Topps.

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Steiner Sports is jumping on a trend of the last few years with one of its newest promotion.

It's the Ultimate Yankee Fan Box, and, while it's not a subscription-based boxed memorabilia offering like LootCrate, it's an interesting one to consider for fans of the New York Yankees or game-used and autographed memorabilia in general.

So, what's guaranteed inside the 10-item box for $299.99?

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Gold Label returns this week from Topps with a framed autograph in every seven-pack box.

What specifically might it include? Well that answer came today with the release of the final checklist.

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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: 2016 Donruss football Mega Box
Where to buy: Retail stores ($19.98)

Packs per box: 9 (seven 2016 Donruss, two 2015 Gridiron Kings)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 72
Donruss Base set completion: 
42 of 300 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Todd Gurley, Derek Carr, Brett Favre, Ben Roethlisberger, Barry Sanders, John Elway

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What: 2016-17 Black Gold soccer cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Two autographs per two-pack box (eight boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Black Gold takes to the pitch with some of the biggest names in the global game here with a mix of autographs and metal cards. Among those stars? Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar and Robert Lewandowski to name a few.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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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: Big match-ups, big breaks, retro NBA & more.

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A new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dropped this week and it's giving us all a glimpse into the story that happens before the original 1977 Star Wars film.

That wasn't the only unveiling of images from the film set to arrive on Dec. 16 as Enterainment Weekly teased some mocked Topps cards also to come soon.

Keep reading to check both of them out ...

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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: Big pulls from Playbook, Goodwin Champions, Five Star & more.

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What: 2016-17 SP Game-used hockey cards
Arrives: Jan. 18, 2017
Box basics: One autograph or premium memorabilia card and three more autograph or memorabilia cards per six-card box (30 boxes per case via three inners)

What's buzz-worthy: This one returns with a new configuration that includes four hits per bo with base cards, rookies and parallels filling those last two spots per box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2016 Graffiti baseball cards
Arrives: Out now
Box basics: One Hall of Fame certified ago and one Graffiti art card per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This buyback product includes nothing but Hall of Famer ink with 90 percent of them being on-card autos. At least one box per case will include a deluxe (case hit) type of auto that's an elite name or a 1/1 card. ... Among the autos to be found here? Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett and Stan Musial. ... For more info visit @graffiti_cards on Twitter.

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The box: 2016 Cryptozoic The Flash Season 1 trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com 

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 114
Base set completion: 
72 of 72 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 3

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