What: 2017 Leaf Cut Signature Edition Sports Icons cards
Arrives: October
Box basics: One cut signature card per box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's newest cut autograph product sone that promises to be a "value-oriented cut signature item to follow up its wildly successful History of Baseball" that "celebrates everything that is amazing about sports history."

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Autopens -- a machine used to replicate a person's autograph by mechanical means -- are typically the tools of politicians, but they've also left their mark on the football card world long before Dak Prescott allegedly got into that game. 

In fact, you can turn the clock back to 1991 and 1992 for some textbook examples of certified autograph cards that were "signed" by the mechanical hands of three notable NFL names.

And one, a card that's not been cataloged as such, is from former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

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With the clock ticking down to the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago later this month, the promo card plans and other details for the show are coming into focus.

Upper Deck's plans include wrapper redemptions, breaker promotions, Chicago Legends cards 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: 2015 Panini Americana (hobby box)
Where to buy: Click here

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 52
Base set completion: 
26 of 73 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Molly Ringwald, Sylvester Stallone, Vanilla Ice, Kevin Hart, Bradley Cooper, Lea Michele, Rev Run, Darryl McDaniels, Aly Raisman, Rose McGowan, Eliza Dusku

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What: 2017 Leaf Memorabilia Vault
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics: Ten memorabilia pieces per box

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Trading Cards' Memorabilia Vault returns with plenty of surprises inside one massive box -- a mix of items from the sports world and beyond.

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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: You always volunteer for the Target run, doing it right, busting Topps Archives, The National & 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.

How can you win one of several boxes we're giving away today? Check out the break -- and keep reading for the contest details.

The box: 2017 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
29 of 100 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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We're a week or so away from the MLB All-Star Game and Topps will have plenty of cardboard for baseball fans to chase that commemorates The Midsummer Classic.

Topps Now will be unleashing All-Star cardboard today -- team sets for the squads with autographs potentially in the mix -- and it will have cards for fans in Miami for the game and the All-Star FanFest, which begins on Thursday.

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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: Dak Prescott's apparent fumble, an unreal Topps Archives blaster box, The National, Yoan Moncada and more.

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The first Lonzo Ball autographs are almost here.

Panini America's real-time sports card platform, Panini Instant, will be the place to be at 1 p.m. (Eastern) today as it launches Instant Access autograph cards for four big names from this year's NBA Draft.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of cases with dramatically discounted prices this weekend over on the mothership and they were dramatic enough that Buzz had to sit down and ponder the possibilities in many of them.

So much so here are five that caught this collector's eye.

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It's almost like Aaron Judge all over again.

The New York Yankees' newest rookie outfielder, Clint Frazier, made his big-league debut on Saturday night in big fashion with a home run and a double as part of a 2-for-4 day in Houston.

And just like Judge, who homered in his first game but had the night off save for a pinch-hitting appearance late in the Yanks' 7-6 loss last night, it's back in 2013 where you'll find the start of his certified autograph résumé.

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New York Yankees rookie slugger Aaron Judge owns the hobby right now and we want you to have a shot at owning this 2016 Bowman's Best Refractor.

Everybody needs autograph of the guy who should own the Yankees' rookie home run record any day now, could set the major-league mark and just might be a Triple Crown, Rookie of the Year and MVP award-winner, too.

No, pressure ... keep reading how you can win one of three new Buzz Boxes -- one of which will have this autograph inside.

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Panini America unleashed the first looks at its 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention VIP set on Friday and it's nothing but rookies from the NFL, college basketball and baseball.

It's just the start of the cardboard plans that the company has for the NSCC, which is set to begin on July 26 in Chicago.

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What: 2017 Super Break Nothin' But Net Summer Exclusive basketball cards
Arrives: July 19
Box basics: One or two buyback NBA cards per box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's latest buyback brand is nothing but basketball and nothing but cards -- there are no redemptions for items or oversized pieces in this one.

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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: Repacks, on-demand cardboard, big pulls, Manny Machado, the National and plenty more as we end the month.

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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 aplenty as we march toward the weekend.

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This year's hottest rookie in the National League finally has an in-pack Rookie Card.

It's Cody Bellinger and he's one of the key cards in 2017 Bowman Platinum, which hits stores on July 5 in three formats -- jumbo packs, blaster boxes and collector boxes.

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What: Yu-Gi-Oh! Circuit Break
Arrives: Oct. 20
Box basics: nine cards per blister pack (24 packs per box; 12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: According to Konami, "Halloween horrors arrive early" here with a 100-card booster set, which his "home to more Link Monsters, including a terrifying new 3000 ATK Dragon that can brainwash monsters it attacks, giving you control over them until their minds burn out." What else is here?

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Update (July 31): It sold for $160,644.05 when bidding ended on Sunday.

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Aaron Judge owns The Big Apple this summer -- and the hobby, too -- and now somebody can own a truly historic piece of his memorabilia.

It's the jersey he wore for his MLB debut and his first career home run, and it's a key piece in Steiner Auctions' Mid-summer Classic auction running for the next 30 days.

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Leaf Trading Cards has revealed its plans for promo cards, wrapper redemptions and more at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention and it's got two of the biggest names in fighting facing off on its cardboard at the show.

Anyone who opens a box of Leaf cards at the booth will be entered into a daily drawing to win one of five Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor dual autograph cards made for the show.

While that daily drawing will be one for only a few, it's not the only Mayweather-McGregor card to be found in Chicago.

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The newest Topps On Demand set is baseball -- and it's focusing on the long ball.

It's the 2017 Topps On Demand 600 Home Run Club set and it includes 25 cards -- the first six for the newest member, Albert Pujols, and the rest being a few members of the club and a number of players who are chasing that elusive dream.

Among them? National League Rookie of the Year front-runner Cody Bellinger. Also among them? Autographs.

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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: 2007 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts baseball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
46 of 100 (46 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr., Carl Yastrzemski, Wade Boggs, Carlton Fisk, Harmon Killebrew, Tom Seaver, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Yogi Berra, Robin Yount, Willie Stargell, Tony Gwynn, Willie McCovey

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What: 2017 Historic Autographs SWAG
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Six items per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Arriving just in time for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention is this breaker-focused product packed with all kinds of memorabilia.

Keep reading for more information.

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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 Panini Classics NFL cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 14
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 140
Base set completion: 
111 of 300 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Mike Singletary, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, Brett Favre, Bo Jackson, Von Miller, Jameis Winston, Aaron Rodgers, Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, David Johnson, Derek Carr

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