Buzz Break: 2021 Historic Autographs Famous Americans

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The box: 2021 Historic Autographs Famous Americans (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
First Buzz preview: Click here (checklist is in gallery with break below)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 59
Base set completion: 
41 of 220 (19 percent) (either front version -- "HISTORIC" OR "INSPIRE")
Duplicates: 7 (other version so only a duplicate of subject, not variety)

Notables on base cards – Christy Mathewson, Grantland Rice, Willie Keeler, John Sullivan, Jim Thorpe, Billy The Kid, Irving Berlin, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Booker T. Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Wyatt Earp, Grover Cleveland, Winslow Homer, Buffalo Bill

Insert/short-print cards: 10
Short-prints (red Nos. 221-330) (HISTORIC) (3) – Josephine Baker, Howard Hughes, Vincent Bendix
Alloy parallels (HISTORIC) (4) – Benny Goodman, Virginia Apgar, Chet Huntley, Robert Johnson (announced /150)
Alloy parallels (INSPIRE) (1) – Sojourner Truth (announced /150)
Aurora parallels (HISTORIC) (1) – Lauren Bacall (announced /25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Movie Clip Card Relics (one frame) (1) – Natalie Portman & Hayden Christensen in Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones (/150)

What's Buzz-worthy: I can't stop with this one as its mix of subjects is truly vast and it's affordable with a film card each time as well as some announced-volume cards every time, too. In fact, this one over-delivered with more parallels and almost all in the best part of the set (red), too. The names weren't, however, the best names in that part ... but they could have been. ... The checklist for this one is as huge as the variety of who's found inside -- more than 200 standard cards and then more than 100 more SPs atop that with a checklist that is loaded with names you should know and then a ton of names you do. Is a set like this for everybody? Perhaps not -- especially not you flippers out there -- but it could still yield interesting results with autographs, memorabilia and more all in there. The base cards here have a spot gloss surface that either reads INSPIRE or HISTORIC across the face of the card and this time some of them duped up names but on each version -- something I had not run into before. ... The modern names are perhaps more plentiful in the SPs and hits and the company said it intends to make this more like a "living set" that adds more people to it over time. I was a little surprised by the clean cuts and stock here -- it seems stronger than some stuff in the realm (though cards here are far cleaner than the cuts in factory sets) -- and it may be quite slab-friendly for key names.

Product Grade: A- (huge set with a ton of names from all around us ... without breaking the bank)
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: A- (this one delivered well on the red portion of the set/parallels as well as a lot of sports notables)

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