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: It's Wander Franco's world now ... we're just living in it.

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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: Wander Franco, Jasson Dominguez, The National, the College World Series, MLB investments and more Wander Franco 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 Playoffs, Trae Young, Ben Simmons, a win from Prizm Draft, MLB pulls and The National.

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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: The futures of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant Rookie Cards, Ryan Mountcastle's big game, "real" NFL cardboard, The National 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: Big pulls, new breaks, a grading rant, MLB chatter, The National and more.

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We're just 40 days away from the start of the 41st National Sports Collectors Convention and there are some new details to show that the event will be a little different when things kick off at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., on July 28.

The map for the corporate pavilion was revealed on Friday with some new additions to the row to know. Wild Card will be there as an exhibitor with new cardboard, for example, while Hybrid Grading Approach and Pro-Mold will add a new presence in the grading and supplies realms. Noticeably absent from the area? Upper Deck will not have a booth there -- a move that should impact the lineup of wrapper redemption programs for collectors to partake in while at the show.

Blowout Cards will be at the center of it all, though, nestled between Panini America, Leaf Trading Cards and Fanatics at the show -- Booth No. 854 as seen above -- with releases eligible for all wrapper redemptions available for the duration of the event.

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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: Trae Young dominates, NBA Playoffs chatter, big pulls, The National and a "pull of a lifetime."

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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: The National, Project70, big pulls, an oldschool NBA break, football licensing and are Luka Doncic and Zion Williamson cards going to crash?

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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: Vladdy is dominating, seller's remorse, buyer's remorse, new pulls, The National and holding the Mayo with 2021 Bowman.

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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: A filthy pull, inside old Lord Of The Rings boxes, Topps Series 2 drops and more in this Friday 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: Big pulls, new rips, Cedric Mullins, The National, Project70 chatter 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: Julio Jones is a Tennessee Titan, inside 20 Bowman blasters, a strong WWE case, soccer pulls, The National and more.

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Check out the prices of unopened boxes from just two years ago in the gallery -- it should surprise you.

Do know what today is?

It was supposed to be the opening day of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., but with the life-changing coronavirus pandemic still in play across the country the show of all shows has been tentatively rescheduled for December. (And, realistically, that's likely in doubt.)

What might you have found on the show floor? Well, you can find stuff you might not even know exists -- or can even imagine -- and in the case of this throwback gallery of views from just two years ago you might wish you had a time machine.

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This year's National Sports Collectors Convention -- if it happens -- has been rescheduled for Dec. 12-16 in Atlantic City, N.J., according to an announcement from the show promotors on Saturday afternoon.

The move will hinge upon health officials' guidelines for the region with the ultimate decision on whether to cancel this year's show to come in mid-September.

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Zion Williamson's first cards are here thanks to Panini America's promo packs at The National last week and there's ultimately only one place to get them right now -- and it will be a wait until there's more.

That's a recipe for success -- one with what's expected on the court out of the NBA's No. 1 draft pick as well as what's expected from his first official NBA cardboard. Panini Contenders Draft Picks arrives with his next Duke cards on Sept. 4 with NBA Hoops including his New Orleans Pelicans cards debut in October.

The only homes for Williamson cards right now? Panini's Silver National packs, its gold VIP Party packs, its VIP Party Black Boxes and its National VIP set. Before that? Just a few Panini Instant cards from draft night. Everything else out there? Part of a  huge fake cardboard problem that's been sucking big money out of peoples' pockets as they want a piece of the Duke star.

Now, how well is the real stuff selling?

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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 Today: Is a signed Rookie Card buyback still a Rookie Card? One Target, 48 Bowman Mega Boxes? Those questions 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 Today: Post-National chatter, a look at breaks today and pondering whether a good photo makes a good card.

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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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ZION HITS PACKS ... AT THE NATIONAL
The Item: Zion Williamson 2019 Panini National Rainbow Spokes parallel (/50) BGS 9.5
The Price: $1,499.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The NBA's No. 1 draft pick has officially hit packs via the promos that Panini America made for the just-ended National Sports Collectors Convention and its Panini VIP Party on Saturday night. While we haven't seen any ink in wrappers just yet, these promo packs will be the only place to find him until the first 2019-20 draft picks and NBA sets arrive later this year. This is one of a few cards that was graded at the show -- and it won't be the last Williamson cardboard to end up slabbed. There will be many to come ... it's just a matter of when and where, especially when it comes to autographs.
Similar Pieces: Zion Williamson Panini cards on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for the promo packs section 

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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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 Today: Bieber error leads to tweets and that leads to cash, big pulls, new breaks and news from The National that also includes the FBI.

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Via @oahusportscards ... Rex Ryan decided to stop by and buy a 2019 Topps Heritage Mike Trout /70.

The final day of this year’s edition of The National is happening now inside the Donald  E. Stephens Convention Center and it's been a busy show with the preview night (click for gallery), Day 2 already behind us (gallery), Day 3 also in the books (gallery) and Day 4 and the Panini VIP Party a wrap (gallery).

Now, though, it’s time for the finale. Since we're not yet going today on the show floor, we'll lead things off up top with a few scenes from yesterday and last night before we add new images.

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day.

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Via @r9tee ... Panini VIP got me thinking ... #WhoDoYouCollect? #PaniniVIP

Day 4 of this year’s edition of The National is coming soon inside the Donald  E. Stephens Convention Center and it's been a busy couple of days already with the preview night (click for gallery), Day 2 already behind us (gallery) and Day 3 also in the books (gallery).

Now it’s time for the busiest day of the show and then the Panini VIP Party you'll see right here after that. Since we're not yet going today on the show floor, we'll lead things off up top with a few scenes from late yesterday's action.

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day.

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Via @nsccshow ... The Panini America Kids Break at the 40th National Sports Collectors Convention.

Day 3 of this year’s edition of The National is coming soon inside the Donald  E. Stephens Convention Center and it's been a busy couple of days already with the preview night (click for gallery) and Day 2 already behind us (gallery).

Now it’s time for a new slate of signers and even more action. Since we're not yet going today, we'll lead things off up top with the Panini America Kids break and some more highlights from yesterday.

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day.

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The Panini America VIP Party has another Hall of Famer suiting up.

Former Atlanta Braves slugger Chipper Jones will be on hand for the Saturday event made for high-rollers in Chicago, and he's the eighth star announced for the show.

The former third baseman and outfielder hit .303 with 468 home runs and 1,623 RBI in his 19-year career that included a World Series ring in 1995, eight All-Star appearances, an NL MVP award and an NL batting title.

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Just one of the Blowout MegaMix Day 1 winners ... a National Treasures case in a $200 box? Yep.

Day 1 of this year’s edition of The National is over inside the Donald  E. Stephens Convention Center and the preview night (click for gallery) has come and gone, too.

Now it’s time for Day 2 with a larger slate of signers -- heavy on the football today -- and plenty of action. Since we're not yet going we'll lead things off up top with one of the MegaMix rippers who hit it big. (A small number of boxes are available today, so get to the booth quick if you didn't pre-order.)

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day as the doors open shortly.

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The Panini America VIP Party has a Hall of Famer and a heavy hitter ready for its Saturday soiree.

Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman and500 Home Run Club member Rafael Palmeiro will be there, and that ups the roster to seven past stars from the sports world and beyond for the event made for high-rollers in the hobby this weekend in Chicago.

In 18 seasons for the Marlins, Padres and Brewers Hoffman recorded 601 saves, which is second only to the new Hall of Famer who passed him, Mariano Rivera. 

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