What: 2020 Onyx Authenticated Milestones Collection
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: One autographed and encased ticket per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Only 125 boxes (25 cases) will be made for this one with autographed stubs from legends around the sports world in play -- everybody from Tom Brady and Michael Jordan to Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe can be found in this one.

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What's Buzzing Today: One Topps Mini pack with not one, not two, not three but four 1/1 parallels, the future for prospects and other big pulls in today's edition.

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The box: 2019 Topps WWE NXT wrestling cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 166
Base set completion: 
100 of 100 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 3

Notables on base cards: The Undisputed Era, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Viking Raiders, Lars Sullivan, Tommaso Ciampa, Moustache Mountain, Keith Lee, Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, Heavy Machinery, Walter, Kayla Braxton, Kushida, The Street Profits ... and everybody else

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The box: 2018 Panini Playoff football cards (hanger box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Base set completion: 42 of 200 (21 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Russell Wilson, Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, Jared Goff

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What's Buzzing Today: Madison Bumgarner heads to Arizona, Corey Kluber packs for Texas, big pulls, even more Zion Williamson cardboard and checking in on the historic Houdini Superfractor pulls thread.

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What: 2020 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case), three autographed cards per 71-card blaster box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE once again gets an early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with this one with plenty of ink even more inserts and a ton of cards in every box.

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Game-used collectors have been seriously spoiled since the arrival of the MLB Authentication program back in 2001 (I'm one of them), but there are still items that are fully authenticated that require more research for their full story to be known.

This is one of those pieces.

Sometimes, items can't be photo-matched to photos or videos because there are no obvious features or personalized touches that can make them stand out from others. However, for my final item of the year in this Collecting Game-used series, I present to you an item that I recently found that needed a little more research despite it having the coveted MLBA sticker -- but it has those obvious features. In fact, it's a piece that has so many unique features that I was able to track those touches and decipher its lifetime of use. (Well, at least as much as one can without official word from a player to know their uniform habits or info from an equipment manager, who would have been responsible for inventory and replacement of pieces when requested.)

In the case of this Cleveland Indians batting helmet, it was authenticated merely as a "team-issued" piece by MLBA in April 2014. However, the obvious use it shows is from continued play and a distinct lack of maintenance and cleaning (as likely requested by the player). It turns out to be from the entire previous season -- and that was a successful one for the team as it made it to the postseason for just the third time during the 2000s at that point. This helmet's grass, chips, impressive layers of pine tar and other marks can be documented in photos before it was taken out of storage and into collector hands.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls from recent NFL, MLB and non-sports breaks (Star Wars, Stranger Things and a high-ender) and more.

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The box: 2019 Panini Contenders football cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
34 of 100 (34 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Patrick Mahomes II, Pat Tillman, Baker Mayfield, Tom Brady, Amari Cooper, Julio Jones, Derrick Henry, Eli Manning, Cam Newton, Jared Goff, Dak Prescott, Sam Darnold, Drew Brees

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What's Buzzing Today: Big break highlights, bargain-hunting, Bowman Draft Sapphire and a talker of a thread.

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We should all know by now that 2019-20 Panini Prizm is a phenomenon when it comes to NBA cards this season -- and a global phenomenon, too, as the league with global appeal also now has Choice cards popping up now from elsewhere in the world.

If one opts to take the challenge to try and collect 'em all -- it might be tougher than ever with several formats in this release -- you'll need a total of 41 cards per player. That's a basic card and then 40 parallels -- and there are technically more as some players have photo variations (but we'll leave those be for now).

Zion Williamson is a clear and present force in this year's version -- however, he's not alone as it's a huge 300-card set of past and present players as well as rookies. That's a factor that also makes the challenge an interesting one, too, in that everything gets so spread out. Case in point? Not every version of even Williamson has surfaced and hit eBay just yet -- and he'd be more likely to show than, say, Kevin Huerter ... the guy I seem to keep finding in my packs.

Here's a look at what's out there for everybody in 2019-20 Panini Prizm ... and there are handy links to find the boxes, too.

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
13 of 200 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Lonzo Ball, Donovan Mitchell, Alfonzo McKinnie, Tyler Johnson, Tim Hardaway Jr., Dion Waiters, Aaron Gordon, Kris Dunn, LaMarcus Aldridge, JaVale McGee, Emmanuel Mudiay

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What: 2019-20 Panini Prizm hockey cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: One Prizm parallel or autograph per two-card pack
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm returns to the ice for the first time since 2012-13 as an online-only release on Monday with the small roster of young stars Panini has signed to exclusive deals leading the way.

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What's Buzzing Today: New breaks -- big and small -- as well as Panini Prizm, collectors react to a new type of NFL scandal and ... players who you thought were good but were not.

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What: 2020 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Totally Tom Brady autographed helmets
Arrives: Jan. 15
Box basics: One inscribed or dual-signed full-size Tom Brady autographed helmet per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Brady is back as TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures autographed memorabilia line once again focuses on the NFL's top active player and one of its all-time greats -- Tom Brady -- in a limited release with some new surprises.

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The pack: 2019 Topps Mini baseball cards
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: Click here when available (only initially offered via Topps.com)

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's list: Six 2019 boxes that I'd rip (or maybe even stash) right now ...

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SAFETY IN NUMBERS -- AS IN A BOATLOAD OF ROOKIE CARDS
The Box: 2019 Topps Update Series Baseball Jumbo Box
The Price: Click here
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This year's rookie crop is a strong one -- and there might be more potential than the 2018 class that sparked serious interest in this release last year. It was seemingly plentiful all year long and then poof -- the rocketship took off. This year's isn't super-cheap (right now) but some of that fuel seemingly has gone to Series 2 since it has earlier cards for a couple of high-profile guys -- Series 2 is pricey and surprised me -- but this one has some of those guys' cards as well as a number of others. Topps Chrome also seems to have some very good potential in my mind, too, but these jumbo boxes include a ton of stuff and the chances you get at parallels and other stuff here - in volume -- put this one at the top of my list. (And if you're on a budget and don't want to swing hard on this one -- you might look for blasters of Series 2 and Update both here and at retail ... those can still be found. These won't last as long as those, though.)

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What: 2020 Super Break One Time Hockey Series 1
Arrives: Dec. 17
Box basics: One or two buybacks per box
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break takes to the ice with "the hottest graded rookies, Hall of Fame autographs, multi-autos and 1/1s" in a release limited to only 150 serial-numbered boxes.

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The box: 2019 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 64
Base set completion: 
55 of 200 (28 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Saquon Barkley, Aaron Rodgers, Dak Prescott, J.J. Watt, Jared Goff, Von Miller, Cam Newton, Alvin Kamara, Amari Cooper, Matthew Stafford

Rookies (32) – Drew Lock, Dwayne Haskins, Gardner Minshew II, D.K. Metcalf, Andy Isabella, Hunter Renfrow, Brian Burns, Benny Snell Jr., Dexter Lawrence, Qadree Ollison, Darnell Savage Jr., Trysten Hill, Miles Sanders, Travis Homer, Tyree Jackson, Josh Allen, Hakeem Butler, Jaylon Ferguson, Keelan Doss, Dexter Williams, Cameron Smith, Miles Boykin, Dre Greenlaw, Ed Oliver, Alexander Mattison, Byron Murphy, Stanley Morgan Jr., Justin Layne, Rock Ya-Sin, Rashan Gary, Dillon Mitchell, Mecole Hardman Jr.

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What: 2020 Super Break Basketball Super Packs
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: One or two buybacks per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break hits the court for a buybacks release that will include "Silvers, Holos and Refractors" in every other box.

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What's Buzzing Today: Anthony Rendon heads to the Angels, Prizm NBA breaks, big pulls and more, including a Superfractor sighting.

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What: 2020 Topps Tier One baseball cards
Arrives: June 5
Box basics: Two autographs and one Relic per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: This hit-driven brand hits the field for another season with new players, new inclusions and more all in one spot in a hits-only release.

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

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The box: 2019 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards (mega box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
9 of 200 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Yao Ming, Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Troy Brown Jr., Serge Ibaka, Brook Lopez, Kevin Huerter, Blake Griffin, Joe Harris

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What's Buzzing Today: Gerrit Cole chooses the Yankees and big pulls from MLB and NBA breaks rule the day.

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