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First Buzz: 2024 Historic Autographs Celebrity+ autographs

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What: 2024 Historic Autographs Celebrity+ trading cards
Arrives: May 28, 2025
Box basics: Four encased and authenticated autos per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs' latest release is one all about celeb ink with a mix of cuts and also the company's first "Celebrity Originals" cards.
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This entry was posted in Autograph Collecting, First Buzz, Non-sports and tagged Historic Autographs, Ava Gardner, Betty White, Burt Reynolds, Cary Grant, Christopher Lee, Clint Eastwood, Debbie Reynolds, Dorothy Lamour, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, Joan Collins, Natalie Wood, Sigourney Weaver, Steve McQueen, Warren Beatty, William Shatner, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Bob Hope, Elizabeth Montgomery, George Burns, Glenn Ford, Joan Crawford, Kirk Douglas, Lucille Ball, Vivian Leigh, Woody Allen, Alan Ladd, cut autos, Elizabeth Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Johnny Carson, Mary Pickford, Richard Pryor, Ricky Nelson, Paul Newman, Buster Keaton, Duke Ellington, Ed Sullivan, Clara Bow, B.B. King, Carol Burnett, Rock Hudson, Tony Bennett, Dick Clark, Sidney Poitier, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Jr., Rita Hayworth, Roy Rogers, Robert Redford, Irving Berlin, Lauren Bacall, Fred Astaire, Peter Ustinov, Rex Harrison, Barbra Streisand, Anthony Perkins, Brandon deWilde, Sal Mineo, Elsa Lancaster, Bob Crane, Robert Reed, Bert Lahr, Michael Landon, Jeanette MacDonald, Sonny & Cher, Shelley Winters, Julie Andrews, Anne Bancroft, Joey Bishop, Yul Brenner, Cab Calloway, Maurice Chevalier, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis, Cecil B. DeMille, Cass Elliott, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Haley, Paul Henreid, William Holden, John Hudson, Al Jolson, Stan Laurel, Peter Lawford, Peter Lorre, Harpo Marx, Ed McMahon, Thomas Mitchell, Arthur Murray, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Rod Sterling, Omar Sharif, Barbara Stanwyck, Donald Sutherland, Gloria Swanson, Clifton Webb, John Banner, Nina Foch, John Garfield, Fred Gwynne, Richard Harris, Sterling Hayden, Gabby Hayes, Judy Holliday, Veronica Lake, Darren McGavin, Donald Pleasence, Jean Seberg, 2024 Historic Autographs Celebrity+ on April 28, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.
First Buzz: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: May 2025
Box basics: Four autographed cards and two 1/1 proofs or printing plates per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)
What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release returns once again with some big names in store and a little more to be found in every box.
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This entry was posted in First Buzz, Non-sports and tagged Charlie Sheen, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Leaf Trading Cards, Saturday Night Live, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Al Pacino, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brie Larson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Christina Applegate, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Olsen, Emilio Estevez, Gene Hackman, John Travolta, Margot Robbie, Mark Wahlberg, Ozzy Osbourne, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Zoe Saldana, Ed O'Neill, Kate Beckinsale, Rose McGowan, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Mira Sorvino, Thomas Jane, Ben Stiller, Natalie Portman, Gene Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ray Liotta, Gisele Bündchen, Ethan Hawke, Emelia Clarke, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin, Marisa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Helen Hunt, Anthony Hopkins, David Arquette, Cillian Murphy, Mel Gibson, Kevin Bacon, Dermot Mulroney, 2025 Leaf Metal Pop Century, Angelica Huston, Katy Segal, Matthew Lillard, John Carpenter on January 30, 2025 by BlowoutBuzz.
First Buzz: 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition

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What: 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition Chapter 1 trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 10, 2025
Box basics: Two booklet cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here
What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers up nothing but booklet cards from the non-sports realm for this newest release in its History Book brand and it's packing some of the biggest Hollywood names from the past and present -- sometimes in the same booklet.
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This entry was posted in First Buzz, Non-sports and tagged Leaf Trading Cards, Al Pacino, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christina Applegate, Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Olsen, Gene Hackman, John Travolta, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurman, Zoe Saldana, Ed O'Neill, Henry Winkler, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Paul Bettany, Rosario Dawson, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition Chapter 1, Natali Portman, Cillian Murphy, Mel Gibson on October 16, 2024 by BlowoutBuzz.
First Buzz: 2024 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards

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What: 2024 Leaf Metal Pop Century trading cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Four "premium cards" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)
What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's annual celebrity release returns once again with some big booklets, big names and big surprises all in store -- and sometimes all on the same card.
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This entry was posted in First Buzz, Non-sports and tagged Harrison Ford, Leaf Trading Cards, Al Pacino, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Clint Eastwood, Emilia Clarke, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, John Travolta, Mark Wahlberg, Reggie Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sylvester Stallone, William Shatner, Zoe Saldana, Ewan McGregor, Henry Winkler, Paul Bettany, Dolph Lundgren, Pom Klementieff, Ray Liotta, Martin Sheen, Andrew Garfield, Joe Pesci, Michael B. Jordan, 2024 Leaf Metal Pop Century, Tom Hiddleston, Alec Baldwin, Linda Blair, Chris Platt, Karen Gillian on February 9, 2024 by BlowoutBuzz.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Feb. 2)

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: The arrival of 2017 Topps, Hoosiers surprises, inside the Transcendent party, extra Troy Aikman ink, new comics & more.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Basketball, Board Buzz, Comics, Football, Movies and tagged MLB, NFL, Panini America, Topps, 2016 Topps Strata, 2016 Topps Transcendent Collection, 2017 Topps, Gene Hackman, Hoosiers, Troy Aikman on February 2, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.
Norman Dale autographs add some 'Hoosiers' flair to 2017 Topps Series 1

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It's not baseball but it's the first surprise in packs of 2017 Topps Series 1.
What you see here is an autograph of "Norman Dale" aka Gene Hackman, who was the coach of the Hickory High School basketball team in Hoosiers.
How rare will this autograph turn out to be? It's probably one of the toughest ones, though it was on the announced checklist for those who looked closely enough to spot the name. The card has parallels and a 1/1 Birch version just like others in the set -- but those aren't on peoples' minds just yet. Why? The first copy to hit eBay already has an impressive asking price.
Hackman had never signed a certified autograph before despite appearing on plenty of Topps Superman cards from his time bringing Lex Luthor to life.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, Basketball, Movies and tagged MLB, Topps, 2017 Topps Series 1, Gene Hackman, Hoosiers, Superman on February 1, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.

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