He's not a rookie, but he's the newest NFL star to emerge in this young season.

His name is Patrick Mahomes II and the Kansas City Chiefs QB completed 23 of 28 passes for 326 yards and six touchdowns against Pittsburgh in a 42-37 shootout Sunday afternoon. That last stat upped Mahomes' season TD total to 10, which is a new NFL record for the first two games of a season -- the record was nine held by Peyton Manning (2013), Drew Brees (2009) and Charley Johnson (1965). His six TDs were just one short of the NFL passing record for a single game.

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The box: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
36 of 100 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Tom Brady, Julio Jones, DeAndre Hopkins, J.J. Watt, Eli Manning, Kareem Hunt, Antonio Brown, Cam Newton, Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, Ezekiel Elliott, Drew Brees

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls from new boxes and retro breaks, pondering Josh Gordon's next move and all of the 2018 Topps Heritage High Number breaks you can handle.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks, pick-ups and big pulls from around the collecting world.

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 
62 of 200 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – None

Rookie Cards (16) – Gleyber Torres, Ryan Yarbrough, P.J. Conlon, Braxton Lee, Austin Meadows, Mike Soroka, Shane Carle, Jaime Barria, Garrett Cooper, Andrew Suarez, Jacob Barnes, Niko Goodrum, Tomas Nido, Jacob Nottingham, Jaime Schultz, Tyler O'Neill

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Veteran artist Monty Sheldon's Artballs are coming to collectors in a new way soon.

Just 15 boxes of Piece of the Game Baseball Authenticated Masterpieces will now arrive in late March with each of them containing 10 blind-wrapped autographed game-used baseballs adorned with his colorful artwork inside.

They're all one-of-a-kind paintings on MLB Authenticated signed and game-used baseballs except for one which will be a ball signed by Babe Ruth on its sweet spot.

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The box: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
52 of 100 (52 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Derrick Henry, Cam Newton, Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette, Russell Wilson, Eli Manning, J.J. Watt, DeAndre Hopkins, Deshaun Watson, Aaron Rodgers, Le'Veon Bell, Kareem Hunt, Antonio Brown, Drew Brees, Jimmy Garoppolo, Alvin Kamara, Matt Stafford, Sam Bradford, Andrew Luck, Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott

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What's Buzzing Today: The arrival of 2018 Topps Heritage High Number, big pulls from new NFL boxes, pondering the popularity of football cards, an oldschool NBA break and looking back at 1990s sets with condition issues.

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Topps Now fans will have to buy big to complete the latest set.

It's the MLB Players Weekend Relics set and there are 26 different players whose jerseys made the cut in an offering good for just 20 days or until they sell out.

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The box: 2018 Topps Luminaries baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 1
Base set completion: 
N/A

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What: 2019 Topps Tribute baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 20 Aug. 7
Box basics: Three autographs and three Relics per six-pack box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Tribute once again bats leadoff for Topps' high-end MLB brands with some new inclusions as well as some new case guarantees when it comes to ink for 2019.

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

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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THE POWER OF GRADING
The Item: 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson Rookie Card (PSA 10)
The Price: $17,300 after 33 bids with more than three days remaining
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This is a card that's been slabbed by PSA more than 18,000 times but just 22 have gotten a PSA 10. Even PSA 9s are relatively rare compared to other grades (just 1,842 exist) while PSA 8s are the most-common grade with more than 8,500 cards in that grade. This is an iconic Rookie Card that has topped the $30,000 mark seven times since 2015, according to PSA, with a high of $38,400 via Heritage Auctions early last year. Many times cards like these get posted with hefty Buy-It-Now prices so it should be interesting to see where this piece of cardboard perfection ends.
Similar Pieces: Other 1980 Topps cards on eBay
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What's Buzzing Today: Busting 2018 Topps Heritage High Number, pondering when Mark Hamill will sign for Topps, NFL breaks and more in today's edition.

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What's buzz-worthy: The Road to WrestleMania kicks off a new year in WWE cardboard once again with a vibrant moment-by-moment look at the year that was for the men's divisions of Raw, Smackdown Live and 205 Live in the basic set.

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What: 2019 Topps Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the 1990s trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 16
Box basics: One hit per Hobby Collector box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Garbage Pail Kids take on the 1990s with their satirical sights set on the decade's cartoons, toys, TV, films, video games, fashion and other iconic items of the times via a number of inserts and subsets -- a sequel to its takedown of the 1980s.

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

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The box: 2018 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5 (four standard, one Revolution)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in revolution)
Cards in this box: 23
Base set completion: 
2 of 60 (3 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Corey Seager, Jose Abreu

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It's something we haven't (yet?) seen in a trading card, but post-game celebration confetti isn't just fodder for random eBay auctions any more. 

With a new NFL season here, Buzz was curious if any new memorabilia or other pieces had popped up yet via Fanatics, which helps bring new game-used, Rookie Premiere-used and autographs to the masses when they're not found in packs of cards.

And that's when I found this unique gem of sorts. It's a 10-inch tall display for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and its the home of a capsule of post-game confetti from Super Bowl LII. It's a $99.99 item ... and it's not alone. 

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What: 2018 Leaf Metal Draft baseball cards
Arrives: November
Box basics: Six on-card autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Metal Draft returns with some of the biggest prospects in the game today as well as two newest draft picks all in one place -- only on certified autographed cards.

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What's Buzzing Today: MLB and NFL chatter, hating sticker autos, a "find" that keeps delivering, collecting Marshall Faulk and more.

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What:

What's buzz-worthy: Certified is back on the hardwood for the first time in nearly a decade as Panini celebrates its 10th anniversary in the game as part of this release.

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

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What: 2018 Panini Obsidian football cards
Arrives: Nov. 21
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This new brand arrives on the NFL calendar from Panini America with an approach that "takes opti-chrome technology to the next level with Electric Etch parallels" as well as "eruption of sharp, edgy and contemporary designs."

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing Today: Results from a few breaks around the collecting world.

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The box: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
52 of 100 (52 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – DeShaun Watson, Kareem Hunt, Dalvin Cook, A.J. Green, Derek Carr, Dak Prescott, Mitchell Trubisky, Odell Beckham Jr., Derrick Henry, Jimmy Garoppolo, Ezekiel Elliott, Cam Newton, Richard Sherman, Von Miller, Tyreek Hill, Matt Ryan, Alvin Kamara, Larry Fitzgerald

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The box: 2018 Topps WWE Undisputed
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
17 of 50 (34 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Dean Ambrose, Big E, Nikki Bella, Kane, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Triple H, The Miz, Naomi, Brie Bella, Jason Jordan, Kofi Kingston, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Becky Lynch, John Cena

Rookie/First NXT cards – None

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The box: 2018 Topps Fire baseball cards (collector's box)
Where to buy: Initially only at Target (here when available)

Packs per box: 20
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 119
Base set completion: 
98 of 200 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Ichiro Suzuki, Aaron Judge, Manny Machado, Justin Verlander, Gary Sanchez, Ernie Banks, Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Anthony Rizzo, Randy Johnson, Andrew Benintendi, Willie McCovey, Nolan Arenado, Cody Bellinger, Rickey Henderson, Clayton Kershaw, Eddie Mathews, Pedro Martinez, Jose Altuve, Chipper Jones

Rookie Cards (22) – Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies, Miguel Andújar, Rhys Hoskins, J.D. Davis, Willy Adames, Ryan McMahon, Amed Rosario, Clint Frazier, Anthony Banda, Dominic Smith, Max Fried, Sandy Alcantara, Lucas Sims, Dustin Fowler, Zack Granite, Jordan Hicks, Brandon Woodruff, Chance Sisco, Paul Blackburn, Garrett Cooper, Jack Flaherty

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