What's Buzzing: Dodgers advance in MLB postseason, NFL Week 5 is here, MVP chatter, a grading question, a SpongeBob thread and ... Living Set NBA?

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1 -- The MLB postseason threads are here

2 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

3 -- Talking Topps Now and Living Sets

4 -- A grading question 

5 -- A SpongeBob thread

6 -- Still pondering the MVP ... 

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What: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 29
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: TBD
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The full hobby details for the Update series of Topps' flagship baseball cards are still to come, but the box subject has been teased and it's Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

A HIGH-GRADE DOMINATOR
The Card: Paul Skenes 2025 Topps Heritage
The Reason Bought: I'll fully admit I'm a sucker for high-grade Heritage Rookie Cards and, while this isn't an RC, this one captured my attention just like one as I've ripped my fair share of Heritage this year and, well, not much of the cards that matter that I pulled could have checked in at a perfect grade. All that perfection, the clean photo and the color scheme here got me to bite.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: I didn't check the pop report before grabbing it, so it was an extra bonus to see that it's the lone card in the top slot with a decent number of cards below it -- and that goes as low as a CGC 7. That reinforces that Heritage isn't the easiest grade. That makes this one even more of a win in my book.

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What: 2025 Topps Diamond Icons baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 22
Box basics: Nine autographs and one Relic per 11-card box (two boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line arrives once again with a base card in every box this time along with plenty of hits.

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What's Buzzing: Big Dumper homers twice to reach 60, NFL Week 4, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- Big Dumper joins the 60-homer club

2 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

3 -- Checking in on the Aaron Judge thread (two homers there, too)

4 -- Kyle Schwarber is also having a year

5 -- More NFL chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 4, Jasson Dominguez bust chatter, Phillies Karen, Leaf Trinity and ... Judge or Big Dumper?

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1 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

2 -- Pondering the AL MVP

3 -- Is Jasson Dominguez a bust? (Or was he overrated to start?)

4 -- Breaking down some Leaf Trinity

5 -- More NFL chatter is here

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands

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What: 2025 Leaf Trinity Football cards
Arrives: Nov. 28
Box basics: Six autographed cards and one Trinity Metal auto-mem card per hobby box (10 boxes per case) or nine autographed cards and one Trinity Multi-sport auto per jumbo box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Trinity takes the field for a new season with some new twists in the mix with a multi-sport component found only in one box format.

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Auction Buzz is a monthly look at some of the variety found out there on the auction block ... check 'em out.

It's going to be a busy end of the year for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions with a number of regularly scheduled events as well as some showcase auctions with high-profile stuff all on the calendar. This time, we look at a few things from a few active sales this month.

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ANOTHER BIG JORDAN
The Item: Michael Jordan Oct. 26, 1984 (NBA Debut) Chicago Bulls season-ticket stub (PSA 4)
The Price: $65,000 after 25 bids (ends Sept. 27)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Last month, a Michael Jordan (and Kobe Bryant) card sale via auction re-wrote some hobby history and, while we're confident this one won't fetch $12.9 million, this one is in some rare air. It has already hit its estimated price from the auction house and while its grade is low there are only three higher. "The most important athletic debut of the post-war era?" asked Heritage in its listing. "A strong argument could be made. Perhaps only Wayne Gretzky could challenge Michael Jordan in balloting seeking to identify the most dominant figure of his respective major sport, but once you step outside the sports arena and into the wider popular culture, M.J. leaves The Great One in his dust. He remains one of the most recognizable humans on the planet two decades after his retirement from the NBA." Jordan scored a modest 16 points in a 109-93 win over the Washington Bullets on this night and only 14 of these have been grade overall.

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What's Buzzing: Introducing the MLBPA Players Collection, if Mike Trout and Aaron Judge retired tomorrow, chatter about an error, NFL Week 2, Joe Burrow is hurt, there's a new Phillies Karen baseball offer and more.

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1 -- Introducing the MLBPA Players Collection 

2 -- If Aaron Judge and Mike Trout retired now ...

3 -- Dom Canzone, anyone? ... Big Dumper keeps homering

4 -- All your NFL Week 2 chatter ... Joe Burrow is hurt

5 -- Much ado about ...

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands

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What's Buzzing: Aaron Judge moves up the Yankees home run record book, Phillies Karen, an NBA commissioner comment, non-sports cards and more.

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1 -- Opening some Impeccable baseball

2 -- Checking in on the Aaron Judge chatter after a two-homer night

3 -- A non-sports update

4 -- A thought from the NBA commissioner?

5 -- Readying for NFL Week 2

6 -- Phillies Karen: The offer still stands

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What: 2025 Topps T205 baseball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Four packs per 40-card box ... one autograph in every four boxes
Checklist: Click here
Order: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps revisits old-timey tobacco cards with a T206 companion that carries a little more color, the T205 series, but with the same general approach of past editions.

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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: 2025 Donruss baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a couple other formats)

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What's Buzzing: Collecting football Hall of Famers, Aaron Judge, Big Dumper MLB chatter, a licensing rumor and ... ESPN adding MLB.TV?

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1 -- ESPN adding MLB.TV next after just adding WWE?

2 -- Talking Aaron Judge

3 -- All your MLB chatter is here

4 -- Picking off football Hall of Famers

5 -- Big Dumper is nearing a record and 50 homers

6 -- A licensing development?

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What: 2025 Topps Tier One baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 17
Box basics: Two autos and one Relic per four-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new year of Tier One arrives soon with "no fluff, just hits" -- and with one base card in there each time, too, as it delivers "serious weight" as part of what Topps says is "a high-end dive into the heart of the hobby."

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What: 2025 Super Break Supercharged Series 2
Arrives: Oct. 15
Box basics: At least three items per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break offers up a second helping of its new memorabilia blind-box product this year with a mix of some of the biggest names in the game from the sports realm and even more from pop culture possible among the finds.

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What's Buzzing: Modern vs. vintage, talking Aaron Judge, fake cards, Big Dumper, little details and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- A modern vs. vintage question 

2 -- Talking the Yankees ... and talking Aaron Judge

3 -- All about the details?

4 -- Watch out for allegedly fake cards

5 -- Still talking Big Dumper

6 -- All your NFL chatter as the season nears

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What: 2025 Panini Three & Two baseball cards
Arrives: Sept. 17, 2025
Box basics: One encased autographed card and one encased memorabilia card per five-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The fourth release for this brand delivers young stars and all-time greats all in one premium spot with all of the hits encased and some new inclusions.

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The pack: 2014 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other Heritage MiLB years

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

NINES ARE FINE
The Card: Aaron Judge 2017 Topps Archives -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: The unique 1960 Topps design always stands out to me. Why? Because one of my first clean vintage cards as a kid was a Gus Bell form the set, which I got since I knew he was a big-leaguer's dad. (Yay, trivia!) So that's perhaps one reason I held this Judge RC instead of letting it go. (Plus, I didn't rip as much of this brand ... so it was the only copy I pulled.) Judge's dominating 2025 season should make you stop and wonder about slabbing any RCs or early/rare stuff you have now ... just because. He and Shohei Ohtani are all-timers playing right in front of our faces now and are as safe as it gets when it comes to grab and slab or buy and hold -- even with plenty of their cards being graded.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: I knew this wouldn't be a 10 contender with the finicky stock here and the centering being a smidge off by my typical standards for a slab, but, like I said, it was my only copy. Most check in at this grade, so the nine makes sense, too, and the volume below it also shows this card isn't the easiest to grade.

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What: 2025 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum Achievements Edition autographed baseballs
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field with a focus and one of the strongest Grand Treasure packages possible its ever offered for players of the modern era.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What: 2025 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 29
Box basics: Two autos per six-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The checklist and odds are not yet in for a new year of Finest, but we have the basics for the flashy and colorful brand arrives when once again with a new batch of players and plenty of artistic flair next month.

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What's Buzzing: Cal Raleigh chases history, Aaron Judge, Nick Kurtz, The National, 2025 Donruss NFL and more.

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1 -- Big Dumper is chasing history ... and here's more on Cal Raleigh

2 -- Reactions to the 2025 Donruss NFL reveal

3 -- Inside a new soccer box

4 -- Aaron Judge

5 -- Nick Kurtz

6 -- The National is on their minds

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What: 2025 Panini Prizm baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 13
Box basics:  Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm drops for another year with all-time greats, future prospects and selected MLB newcomers in play here as part of the familiar formula of the past -- but without current veterans.

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What's Buzzing: Pondering the future for some new MLB pitchers, The Miz, Aaron Judge, The National and more.

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1 -- Pondering futures for MLB pitchers

2 -- The (MLB) Miz is awesome

3 -- Talking Aaron Judge

4 -- Ripping into Topps Series 2

5 -- Thoughts on a blind-bag comic ...

6 -- All your National chatter

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What: 2025 Topps Archives Signature Series baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 6
Box basics: One encased and numbered buyback autograph per box (20 boxes per case)
Player list: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' long-running brand arrives once again with "a curated lineup of autographed buybacks — each one a piece of hobby history reimagined."

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