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What's Buzzing: Derrick Henry, Mac Jones, Trevor Lawrence, NFL moves, MLB chatter, 2024 Topps and more in today's edition.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: NBA collectors are talking, spring training chatter, new NFL breaks, 2024 Topps, a question for all and ... is Joey Votto a Hall of Famer?

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: New pulls, 2024 Topps, Leaf wrestling cards and plenty more on collectors' minds in this Sunday edition.

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What: 2023-24 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the court for another season with the established formula that NBA fans have come to expect with the new rookies, plenty of parallel power and more in store.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Caitlin Clark, big pulls, lots of thoughts, 2024 Topps, there's no A-Rod Topps Rookie Card and more.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Recon basketball cards
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: Two autos per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Recon gets a fourth run on the NBA calendar with "with a large selection of autograph, insert and parallel content" according to Panini with plenty of the rookie and star power in there, too.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Revolution basketball cards
Arrives: April 5
Box basics: 40 cards per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's colorful pattern-filled brand is back on the court for another season with plenty of parallels, new looks for veterans and, of course, plenty of Rookie Cards.

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A college basketball icon and a future No. 1 draft pick has a new team -- Panini America.

Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark has signed an exclusive autographed card and memorabilia deal and it was revealed Wednesday morning by the Irving, Texas-based company. It's the first exclusive deal with a female athlete for the company, according to Panini.

"Caitlin is a generational talent, and it is natural that she should be our first multi-year exclusive female athlete," said Jason Howarth, Senior VP of Marketing and Athlete Relations in a prepared statement. "We’ll have a range of products and memorabilia featuring Caitlin that we believe fans will love."

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: New pulls, collecting retroactively, Victor Wembanyama, Russell Wilson, Caitlin Clark and, of course, 2024 Topps.

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These were too weird to not grab -- and the bigger the better.

My latest item in this Collecting Game-used series is not game-used and they're a bit of a mystery, too, despite coming from a reputable source and straight from an NBA team.

The image above? Well, that kind of says it all -- it's a pair of Detroit Pistons Crocs made for the NBA Paris Game in 2023 -- but to put this one in perspective, well, just see the next image.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Caitlin Clark makes history, Chris Mortensen, 2024 Topps, MLB pulls, card photography and ... 95 autos in a single Sapphire Chrome case? (Yep, that happened.)

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: LeBron James hits 40K, Caitlin Clark eyes history, 2024 Topps, MLB pulls and more in this Sunday edition.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Undertaker 2022 Panini Revolution WWE Sunburst Autographs (/99)
The Reason Graded: This cost me less than what two boxes would have when I bought it raw -- and then I submitted it to grade after seeing that some typical problem spots for cards from this brand weren't really issues. (In my view, the back corners and edges can be funky for both years.) Why grab this? Undertaker was not a regular signer for a long time and even when has signed cards in recent years he's been more limited since his signing fees are always high -- seemingly far higher than others -- based on public signing prices. I have his ink on a few items sold direct from WWE in the past, but I hadn't rally bothered with anything for cards and figured this could make for a nice slab -- even with sticker ink -- as the photo is as iconic as it gets for a legendary character in WWE history. This would be a perfect kind of auto card if it had an on-card sig ... and it's still not far off as it is with that photo. It's also a perhaps-overlooked brand in the Panini WWE portfolio.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: A nine I'm fine with -- so no worries here -- but anything less than that I would have been kind of mad at myself for trying it. Why? Generally, I don't like pricey surprises with grading, so I don't slab as much ink as I should as I own plenty of them raw. I need to do more slabs like this, but a miss on cheaper, oddball cards that are interesting aren't as risky in my book.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, Royals demanded a change, PSA parent company buys SGC, 2024 Topps and more.

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First Card 1/1 error announcement via Topps on Feb. 27.

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: 2024 Topps has error 1/1s, one for NBA investors, Michael Jordan, spring training pumps and more.

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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: 2023-24 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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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: 2022 Panini Prizm WNBA cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, 2024 Topps, fake Shohei Ohtani Topps Rookie Cards, Victor Wembanyama and more.

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What: 2024 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketballs
Arrives: April 19
Box basics: One autographed basketball per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures brand hits the hardwood once again with some legendary ink to be found and plenty of other chases beyond just current superstars.

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What: 2023-24 Bowman University Best basketball cards
Arrives: March 13
Box basics: Three autographs in every 10-card Breakers Delight box (10 BD boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The second year of Bowman U Best will arrive with top college stars and other notables in play with an array of inclusions that are colorful and varied in their scarcity.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, 2024 Topps chatter, "The 2024 eBay Shilling Epidemic," Rendon reactions and ... Brandon Marsh traded.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... a lot of my usual suspects and some early spring cleaning as I've always got plenty of stuff lined up to appear here.

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AS YOU KNOW ... I BUY BO
The Card: Bo Bichette 2023 Topps Tribute Stamp of Approval Relics (/196)
The Price: $13
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: If you're a regular reader, then you know Bichette is in heavy rotation here and I sprung a little more than I might usually for a memorabilia card to grab one of these premium-brand Relics that has a little extra attached ... just to talk about it here. As you can see at right (click for a closer look if you need it) this piece comes from a jersey worn on May 21, 2021, that was then cut up and authenticated a second time -- for this exact piece -- that got its sticker on Sept. 1, 2022 ... all for you to know which specific game, event and season it came from. (Spoiler: Other game-used Relic items were stickered, too, they're just not noted on every card as some releases will inevitably have more than one item used, creating a logistics nightmare between cards printed and pieces available.) I don't mind these, but at the same time it's not necessary on every card as the time and organization that it requires isn't worth it for the cost for the company to do it all the time, it could cause even more errors, and it doesn't add much value -- you can find these with some interestingly low prices through the years.
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Mac McClung is now a two-time dunk contest winner.

The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: 2024 Topps has them talking, NBA All-Star Weekend, Brock Purdy, Anthony Richardson's ink and more.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: 2024 Topps has its quirks, NBA All-Star Weekend is here, questioning Anthony Richardson's autographs, new pulls and more in this Saturday edition.

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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: 2023-24 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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