What: 2017 Rittenhouse Star Trek Beyond trading cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card or pin card per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The most recent Star Trek film comes to cardboard with the biggest signers from all three of the newest movies all in one package.

Keep reading for more as well as a small selection of card images to come.

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The arrival of 2017 Topps WWE NXT this week marked the certified autograph debut of aspiring WWE star Tino Sabbatelli and just his third cardboard appearance, too.

But it's far from the first time he's sat down to sign autographs for a card company.

What? Keep reading ...

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What: 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 10
Box basics: One autograph and two memorabilia cards in every box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: The newest crop of Winter Olympics and Paralympics heroes is found here with a focus on skiing star Lindsey Vonn, who gets her own tribute found in every box.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: Big pulls, Bryce Harper's hair and ... card-sorting robots?

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What: 2017 Leaf Greatest Hits baseball cards
Arrives: November/December
Box basics: Four graded or encased buyback cards and one 1990 Leaf Greatest Hits buyback per box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This Leaf high-end buyback brand includes some of the greatest hits in all of baseball card history along with stamped buybacks from the iconic 1990 set.

Keep reading for more info.

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The burlap is back one last time this year and there's just one question on the minds of many.

Who's on the 2017 Topps Heritage High Number checklist?

We have that answer in advance of its arrival next week.

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It's a signature that helped change the world, and it's hitting the auction block in November.

It the autograph that adorns Jackie Robinson's contract to join the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 11, 1947, and it will be sold along with his Montreal Royals contract from 1945 at the museum that carries his name on Nov. 16 in New York City as part of a sale handled by Goldin Auctions. 

"There are many documents on display in museums that represent seminal moments in history which forever changed America such as The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation," said Ken Goldin, owner of Goldin Auctions. "But most historians believe that the integration of baseball with the signing of Jackie Robinson had as great an impact on America as any other moment in history.

"In fact, Martin Luther King called Robinson the founder of the Civil rights movement. Bringing the most important baseball document and the founding document of the Civil Rights movement to auction is an awesome responsibility and we are honored to help find them a permanent home for future generation to enjoy.”

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Steiner Auctions has a legendary piece coming in its next sale.

It's Lou Gehrig's 1925 New York Yankees contract -- his first full season -- and it's hitting the open market next month.

How much might it go for? Well, there was a recent auction of a previous contract that could set the stage for this one.

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She's not bad, she's just sculpted that way.

Jessica Rabbit from Disney's iconic Who Framed Roger Rabbit is on the way to the toy aisle as part of Funko's Rock Candy line this fall.

She's also not the only Disney baddie on the way as there are a total of five new figures to come.

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Legendary actor Tom Hanks, $19.77. Wrestling icon Ric Flair and his WWE star daughter Charlotte, $19.98.

Those are the prices this collector paid for the latest additions to his autograph collection thanks to the signed books section at one major book chain's website -- a new reminder that one of the easiest ways to land autographs from some big names is to watch the new arrival lists.

It's a little oldschool -- you don't have to pay for the autograph just the book?!? -- and a little risky as you have to buy from the right places using some strategy, but it's one way that many collectors have landed ink without forking over big bucks or ripping packs to chase a particular name. (Some names, like Hanks for example, don't even have card appearances.)

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What: 2017 Donruss Certified Cuts football cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Panini takes a look back at football history while also celebrating the present and adding legendary names from American history.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 4
Box basics:  Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings Contenders back to the baseball field with an autograph in every pack and a ton of past and future MLB stars all wearing their school colors.

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

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If you're a fan of 1980s movies and collect autographs, odds are this news might be for you.

Molly Ringwald will be doing a private signing for Official Pix, a Texas-based autograph company.

Photos from a number of her past movies -- The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink among others -- can be pre-ordered in four sizes and can also be personalized for an extra fee.

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If you've been to a toy store lately, you might have seen one of a couple of new items that are throwbacks on the play front with some fun nods to pop culture that just might make them worthy for your collection.

They're called POPTATERS made by PPW Toys and the newest releases are for a pair of famous science fiction franchises meeting the Mr. Potato Head galaxy for the first time.

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What: 2017 Historic Autographs Ball of Fame Inscriptions
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: One autographed MLB baseball per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs presents its newest baseball release with ink -- and a little more -- in every box.

See a gallery and more ... below.

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What: 2017 Historic Autographs Fame & Photo Edition
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: One autographed 8-by-10 photo per pack (20 packs per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs takes to Hollywood with this release that includes big names from Hollywood -- you know, ones found in the tabloids and elsewhere.

Keep reading for more information.

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The latest WWE Slam Crate is here and things are getting extreme in a few ways with nods to stars of the past and today.

While you can see past Crate breaks here, this newest crate most notably gives us a continued approach to WWE toy collecting with a new WWE Slam Stars figure from "The Attiude Era."

What was inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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: J.D. Martinez and Robbie Ray have big nights, Dak Prescott's hot Prizm parallel, Tim Tebow rainbows and plenty 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: 2017 Donruss NFL cards (jersey hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 50
Base set completion: 
30 of 300 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, J.J. Watt, Marcus Mariota, Cam Newton, Matt Ryan, Sam Bradford

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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: Nothing but big pulls as we wind down a holiday weekend.

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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: Looking back at the 1990s, big pulls & more in this holiday weekend.

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What: 2017 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: October
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf puts some of the biggest names from the sports world all in the same box, gives it a Metal finish and two more autographs per box vs. last year's non-metal release while also guaranteeing of ink from either Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor or Lionel Messi in every case.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: 2016 Panini Prestige NFL cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Base set completion: 
45 of 200 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Odell Beckham Jr., Von Miller, J.J. Watt, Rob Gronkowski, Julio Jones, A.J. Green, Ben Roethlisberger, Richard Sherman, Drew Brees

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Collectors often bemoan the use of sticker autographs, but there are times where their use can create some cardboard that otherwise could not exist.

The card above is one of those times.

It's a 2017 Panini Absolute Football Hall of Fame Jersey Signatures card of Ken Stabler and just 49 copies of this one will arrive in packs of Absolute Football beginning next week. It notes Snake's Hall of Fame status (he was inducted last summer) and it includes a piece of a game-used jersey as well as his signature.

Why is this card special?

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MLB Players Weekend has come and gone, but the colorful nickname uniforms can now be found in a new batch of Topps Now cards.

And it's an assortment that includes the first game-used memorabilia cards for the Philadelphia Phillies' hard-hitting rookie Rhys Hoskins.

These are being sold more like they're in pack form as the standard cards and all five of their parallels are up for grabs for one price for each of six players.

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