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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THE POWER OF GRADING
The Item: 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson Rookie Card (PSA 10)
The Price: $17,300 after 33 bids with more than three days remaining
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This is a card that's been slabbed by PSA more than 18,000 times but just 22 have gotten a PSA 10. Even PSA 9s are relatively rare compared to other grades (just 1,842 exist) while PSA 8s are the most-common grade with more than 8,500 cards in that grade. This is an iconic Rookie Card that has topped the $30,000 mark seven times since 2015, according to PSA, with a high of $38,400 via Heritage Auctions early last year. Many times cards like these get posted with hefty Buy-It-Now prices so it should be interesting to see where this piece of cardboard perfection ends.
Similar Pieces: Other 1980 Topps cards on eBay
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What: 2018 Panini Obsidian football cards
Arrives: Nov. 21
Box basics: Four autograph or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This new brand arrives on the NFL calendar from Panini America with an approach that "takes opti-chrome technology to the next level with Electric Etch parallels" as well as "eruption of sharp, edgy and contemporary designs."

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What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate returns to the gridiron with all on-card autographs signed on acetate and more full-sized memorabilia cards than last year -- 50 percent more 1/1 cards -- as well as new signed inserts, according to the company.

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What: 2018 Panini XR football cards
Arrives: Sept. 19
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per two-pack box (15 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini XR's sophomore season will once again pack plenty of Rookie Cards, rookie autographs and rookie patch autos inside its boxes -- but that's not all in this colorful release.

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What: 2018 Panini Spectra football cards
Arrives: Sept. 12
Box basics: Four autographs and seven memorabilia cards per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Spectra returns for another season and there will be a new twist potentially in your box -- Reverse Boxes will deliver seven autographs and four memorabilia cards when they are found.

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A total of 39 new NFL rookies will get the Panini Instant nod in the coming weeks with some of them arriving later today via the company's online card-selling platform.

The 2018 Panini Instant Access set was revealed on Tuesday and it goes on sale beginning at 2 p.m. -- well, at least the first batch of rookies -- with gold-ink autos leading the way.

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Forty top NFL rookies were busy signing plenty of cardboard and wearing their pro gear for the first time this weekend and the cardboard to prove it is here already.

Or, rather, Instantly.

Panini Instant had first many of these players' first cards on draft night and it already has three cards per player for those who were on hand at this year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere. While you'll have to wait for many of the cards that were created and signed this weekend to arrive in packs later in the year, these cards are available right now on the company's website.

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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: 2018 Score football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 11
Cards in this box: 132
Base set completion: 
104 of 440 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins, Odell Beckham Jr., Jameis Winston, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota

Rookie Cards (33) – Notables include Nick Chubb, Tremaine Edmunds, Derwin James, D.J. Moore, Joshua Jackson, Harold Landry, Anthony Miller, Isaiah Oliver, Dallas Goedert, Bo Scarbrough, Ronnie Harrison

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What: 2018 Leaf Autographed Football Mini-Helmets
Arrives: August
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings a new batch of autographed mini-helmets to the masses with a mix of past and present stars as well as new draft picks in the mix.

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What: 2018 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: July-August
Box basics: Five on-card autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's all-hit three-tiered approach to draft pick football cards arrives soon with a mix of approaches and big names you probably know from the college game and the NFL Draft.

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What: 2018 Leaf Flash football cards
Arrives: June-July
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's new football line packs plenty of flash and a few flashbacks into its boxes that will be full of nothing but autographed cards with plenty of parallels.

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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 packs: 2018 Panini Elite Draft football cards (two retail jumbos)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Cards per pack: 20
Cards in this lot: 40
Base set completion: 
35 of 208 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Josh Rosen, Josh Allen, Mason Rudolph, Matthew Stafford, Barry Switzer, Alvin Kamara, Brett Favre, Khalil Mack, Dick Butkus, Ozzie Newsome, Emmitt Smith, Amari Cooper, Troy Aikman

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What: 2018 Leaf Valiant football cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant is back with "not only the most-powerful mix of your players with a heavy focus on offensive skill guys" but also "the stunning Valiant technology of amazingly colorful clean cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest edition of this one will once again be full of nothing but on-card autographs on memorable past designs with the newest NFL hopefuls in what will be a very limited release.

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What: 2018 Leaf Greatest Hits football cards
Arrives: April-May
Box basics: Four buyback cards and one Leaf Valiant Greatest Hits rookie per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Greatest hits is back once again with a lineup of buybacks that "celebrates everything that's great about football cards."

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The college football world got a pair of classic showdowns on Monday night and will get a third next week when the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs face off for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

There were some dominating performances for these two squads in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl and the good news for collectors who might not know is that a number of those stars now set to chase gridiron history already appear on fully licensed football cards thanks to card companies' deals with prep spotlight games such as the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the Under Armour All-America Game.

In the case of the Bulldogs and their game-winning star Sony Michel -- as well as his fellow bruiser RB Nick Chubb and QB Jake Fromm -- they can all be found on Army cards from Leaf Trading Cards. Michel's first of more than 40 cards was made back in 2011 and nearly all of the are autographed. Chubb has around 30 cards from 2014 and beyond, while Fromm has more than both of them with nearly 50 signed. His are all from this year's set -- and this trio is likely not alone for Bulldog cameos as there have been plenty of cards made for the event in past years (some wax is still findable -- there's even a Vault release on the way).

The Crimson Tide guys? There's a lot more mystery there ...

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