Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide. 

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RECENT RETRO II
The Lot: Eight Exhibit box-toppers from 2013 Panini Golden Age
The Price: Under $15

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What: Historic Autographs 1918 End of The Great War trading cards
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Four inserts or relics per 20-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs takes a look at the world in the years after World War I -- in all directions -- with a look at the conflicts, the pop culture, the icons, the artifacts 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: 2013 Panini Golden Age (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com for other years of this one

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"Pieces From the Trash" promo cards featuring pieces of cut documents will be just one of the promo cards given out by Historic Autographs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention starting Aug. 1 in Cleveland.

The first 20 visitors to the company's booth at the show each day will get one of these cards -- a memorabilia card featuring the remnants from a signed document -- for free. Others may receive two cards if they one a sealed box of HA product at the company's booth. Other possible rewards for ripping will include presidential coin and stamp relics as well as some other surprises.

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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: 2013 Panini Golden Age (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24 (plus one box-topper pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 148
Base set completion: 104 of 150 (69 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Tatum O'Neal, Bo Derek, Jackie Earle Haley, Sparky Anderson, Jerry Lewis, Jane Russell, Henry Fonda, Eva Gabor, Branch Rickey, Earl Campbell, Grace Kelly, Jim Thorpe, Jimmy Carter, Seabiscuit, Henry Ford, Johnny Carson, Red Grange, William "Buckwheat" Thomas, Curley Neal, Yogi Berra, Bob Hope, Mel Ott, Penny Marshall, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mario Andretti, Evel Knievel, Abraham Lincoln, Knute Rockne, The Three Stooges, Walter Cronkite, Henry Winkler, Harry Houdini

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