Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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MY BEAR NECESSITY
The Item: Paul "Bear" Bryant autographed & dated/inscribed (Oct. 18, 1976) 8-by-10 photo (BAS authenticated)
The Price: $219 ... high for me but it's the perfect item for me
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was a jaw-dropper of a find for me during a random search of Mill Creek Sports' superstore for autographed stuff earlier this year and I've saved it for football season, specifically this month, to present it and tell its story. It's personalized and that makes it perfect for me this time ... and to top that, the signed date -- the legendary Alabama Crimson Tide football coach and football icon who won 323 games dated everything signed like this -- might as well be on Buzz's actual birthday. (It's close ... close enough.) The odds of this existing or one being signed on my actual birthday? Well, I'm sure there were a number of things to sign on this Monday and I'm also very sure he wasn't sitting down to sign requests on a gameday when I kicked things off in the world. So, this is perhaps as close as it can get. The quality and condition of the photo are perfect and the ink is perfectly legible, too. Now, is his autograph really rare? Not particularly, but he died in January 1983 well before sit-down and paid signing sessions were en vogue for sports legends and he's still in high, historic demand despite Nick Saban equaling him and/or re-writing the Alabama record book in more recent years. It's the perfect item at a perfect price and it will always be mine.
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What's Buzzing: Cam Schlittler makes some Yankees and MLB history, NFL Week 5, Topps NBA and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Cam Schlittler makes a little history + more Yankees chatter

2 -- MLB threads are here

3 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

4 -- Topps NBA reactions 

5 -- Showing off some Disney Chrome sketch cards

6 -- Inside a high-end NBA case

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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's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani powers Dodgers in postseason opener, signed books, Disney Chrome, 2025 Donruss NFL and more.

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1 -- The MLB postseason threads are here

2 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

3 -- The 2025 Donruss NFL reactions 

4 -- An attempt at a WWE Hall of Fame Rookie Card checklist

5 -- Still talking Disney Chrome

6 -- Checking in on the signed books thread

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What's Buzzing: Disney Chrome heaters, NFL chatter, Big Dumper ends regular season vs. Dodgers, Phillies Karen and more.

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1 -- All your Disney Chrome chatter

2 -- College football is on their minds

3 -- Reactions to Diamond Icons

4 -- Readying for NFL Week 4

5 -- Big Dumper chatter

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

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What: 2025 Topps Chrome Disney trading cards
Arrives: Sept. 24
Box basics: Four serial-numbered cards per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); one serial-numbered card per 15-pack mega box (20 per case); seven packs per blaster box (40 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The Topps Chrome show arrives with all the Disney flair for another year.

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What: 2025 Topps Disney Wonder trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 15 for hobby/blaster ... Nov. 15 for Winter Mega
Box basics: One serial-numbered card per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case); seven packs per blaster (40 per case); 15 packs per Winter Mega (20 per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps introduces a new Disney line coming soon that has "magic in every pack" as this one "brings the entire Disney universe to life in stunning new designs" in an "enchanting collection features a 190-card tiered base set across specially designed Tier 1, Tier 2, Villain and Princess tiers."

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

TOP-GRADE VARIATION
The Card: C.J. Stroud 2021-22 Bowman University Chrome Prospects -- image variation
The Reason Graded: If you poke around in the archives for the Buzz Breaks of this release, you'll likely find a break where I missed this one and just simply called it a Refractor despite it being an image variation (all are Refractors on these). It should have been obvious based on the practice photo vs. game action, but I only spotted it well after the fact -- months, if not years, later -- when going through my old boxes. When I stopped to look, this card looked absolutely flawless and since it's somewhat rarer than the others it's also still a bit pricier for a standard card. (It's no monster but it's definitely better than a few types of Refractors.) Since it was so clean and the NFL season is upon us, I put this one into a bulk submission.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: This card checked in at exactly where I thought it would. Fun find and a win -- and it wasn't even tucked away in a box penny sleeved. The divide between mine and the other copies graded is also an interesting one -- perhaps there's a common flaw on copies due to position on the sheet or from machinery? No idea ...

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PARALLEL POWER?
The Card: National League Wins Leaders (Spencer Strider, Zac Gallen, Justin Steele) 2024 Topps True Photo variant & Gold Foil parallel
The Price: About $11 total
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The concept of this one is simple and it's striking -- knock off the border of a base card completely, using just its photo -- and I think it works. But there's also one thing here that's striking -- and not in the best way. These are arguably too rare to make that big of an impact with me and I think perhaps other collectors who might not bother to grab their players or even think about a team set or full set. How rare? They are one in 677 hobby packs and I'm confident they'd be more popular if people could reasonably collect a team run or set. Why? Because they're something dramatically different and you can compare the regular card and this version side by side. I also grabbed a Gold Foil parallel for this one this time after I bit on the variant ... just to say I had one. Even paying $10 for this was a stretch for me ... and those odds and that price might say that these aren't as popular as they could/should be. These are one in basically every third hobby case.
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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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LEGENDARY INK
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki autographed 2001 Topps Rookie Card (BAS 10 auto)
The Price: Not as much as you might think ... but also not that cheap.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Clean copies of this iconic Topps flagship Rookie Card are not easy finds in general with the boxes and sets likely bricked now if they remain unopened -- that means the gloss will be snowy if you're lucky to peel the cards apart at all -- and then the dark green border and high-gloss on soft stock here is always going to be problematic. When I spotted this card among many where Suzuki has signed for literally years (Mill Creek Sports) without a premium price, I bit on this just before his Hall of Fame results hit. (We all knew he was going in ... but I didn't know if his prices were going to rise.) This copy is super clean vs. many cards out there with some very light roughness on maybe one edge and a light touch on the bottom-left corner ... but some of what's seen in my photo is just how the light is reflecting. I generally don't do a ton of bigger buys for my collection, but this one's cost wasn't that much more than some of the hot and plentiful new release hobby boxes. I went with a safe and iconic bet for my (for me) premium spend and went with the sure thing on an iconic card for a living legend. I pulled his ink once from an unlicensed release -- and it was in one of my earliest Making The Grade posts here -- but a signed RC means I'll likely never need to sweat his stuff again. (Might window shop, though, or bite if price is right for a nice certified.) One more fun part of my card? If that label had a simple added line of Beckett/Fanatics witnessed instead of signed for Mill Creek and then slabbed, the price likely would be double what I paid. I wouldn't pay that -- and this one is a win in my book.
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What: 2025 Kakawow Aura Disney trading cards
Arrives: March 2025
Box basics: One to four "limited numbered" cards per 10-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This international card-maker turns its focus to everything Disney with another massive collection -- more than 1,300 cards across 20 sets this time -- as part of a release that's limited to only 4,000 cases globally.

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The box: 2024 Marvel Studios' Series One Disney+ trading cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

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What: 2024 Topps Star Wars Galactic Antiquities trading cards
Arrives: Feb. 5, 2025
Box basics: Five autographs and one sketch card per nine-card box
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps ushers in the "new standard of ultra premium for Star Wars trading cards" with a release that includes hits, premium base cards and nods to the past.

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What: 2025 Topps Genesis Disney trading cards
Arrives: March 7
Box basics: Five serial-numbered cards per box (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: A new line dropped for Topps in the non-sports realm on Jan. 1 and promptly sold out as it was a limited release highlighting solely iconic characters from the Disney-owned realm.

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What: 2024 Topps Chrome Disney trading cards
Arrives: via Topps UK
Box basics: 12 six-card packs per box
Checklist/parallel info: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The Topps Chrome show arrives with all the Disney flair for another year but this time with more rarities in the mix as it takes a look at the world of characters that spans generations.

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Never doubt the duck ... especially Darkwing Duck.

A Kickstarter campaign to bring back the entire collection of Darkwing Duck comics from the past all in one spot -- as well as first dibs at a reboot with a new series -- hit its goal in mere minutes this week. The total raised is pushing 10 times that right now with a number of advanced options available to collectors before the campaign ends in about two weeks.

Dynamite Entertainment is behind it all, which includes a trio of trade paperbacks as well as an omnibus-size and oversized 9-by-12 hardcover edition -- both being the Darkwing Duck Complete Comic Collection -- that revisit all of the past comics based on the early 1990s TV series. There are several other choices in the campaign, ranging from new comics, original sketches and other artwork -- nearly 30 options for fans to get a piece of the action.

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The box: Disney Lorcana The First Chapter starter deck
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for booster packs/lots of this one + others)

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

SNIKT!
The Book: Wolverine No. 50 (newsstand edition)
The Reason Graded: Back in 1992, Little Buzz was probably nearing the end of his comic book days -- or maybe a little after this one arrived -- but with some connections to a local book store I was able to get comics before they hit those spinner racks that resulted in books getting broken spines like they were Batman up against Bane. (Or something.) And with that era being one of mass-produced stuff that was still very creative on both the art front as well as the printing/gimmick front, I and many others were buying ... in quantity. This issue is one exploring Wolverine's origins and it's got a cardboard cover with his claws the source of the big die-cut gashes here revealing the first page of what's in the file (issue). I bought maybe a half-dozen of them as it was cool -- a few at the local comics shop and a few more at the book store -- and that's the key here. These newsstand versions -- same except for the UPC in the corner and not a marvel direct logo (that started in 1981) filling the box -- figure to be much, much rarer in a high grade.
The Grade: CGC 9.8 (Universal)

Reality Check: This one was a win but I expected it as my copies here are razor sharp. How many of those graded might be newsstand copies? It's a mystery right now but asking prices on eBay as I prep this file are as high as $500 for a newsstand copy while a direct has a max asking of $299. Actual sales for 9.8s in recent weeks? About $320 for newsstand and $85 for direct. I'll take that ... I'm in for just $2.50 (though I may have gotten a discount) and my grading fees. Most "serious" collectors bought at comics shops in the boom years, seeing newsstand is inferior with those barcodes ... now those barcodes are gold as long as you're in an elite grade.

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What's Buzzing: WWE Elite arrives as the stars hit Australia, a big mailday, an alleged stream scammer thread to watch, Comic Cuts and 2024 Topps in this Saturday edition.

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The box: 2023 UNO Disney 100 playing cards 
Where to buy: Retail for these ... BlowoutCards.com for other Disney 100 cards

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What's Buzzing: Talking sketch cards, Disney Chrome, MLB, NFL, Victor Wembanyama and 2024 Topps.

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The prize up for grabs is among the hottest boxes in the world right now and the set of questions are all focused on a single global entity in pop culture, but the game remains the same -- take a minute and make some picks ... and if you're at the top of the results you get free cards.

It's still that simple.

YourDozen.com (>>> CLICK HERE TO ENTER <<< ) returns with nothing but Disney trivia and personal picks -- Majority Rules questions -- this time and there's a $599 hobby box of 2023 Topps Chrome Disney 100 up for grabs for the first person who gets the six questions right and then nails the consensus answers, too.

There have been dozens of cards from this one to sell for more than $1,000 over on eBay and hundreds to command $100 or more since its recent release alone and some of its inclusions could set sales records if the rarities make their ways to auction houses.

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What: 2023 Topps Disney 100 Chrome trading cards
Arrives: Today via Topps UK
Box basics: 18 four-card packs per box
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The Disney 100 celebration comes to Topps Chrome in the UK -- also maybe elsewhere but it's not yet been revealed -- and we've got the full checklist, odds and more to show what's in store.

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What's Buzzing: Pondering NFL breakout stars, Nick Bosa gets paid, Disney Lorcana, NFL chatter, MLB pulls and licensing chatter in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: The National, Corbin Carroll, Jasson Dominguez, collecting a big set, 2018 "investment wax" and more in today's edition.

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