What's Buzzing: Riley Greene, Roki Sasaki, NBA playoffs, 2025 Topps Series 2, MLB's Ineligible List and "cards that have never surfaced."

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1 -- "Cards that have never surfaced"

2 -- Talking Riley Greene

3 -- So, about Roki Sasaki ... 

4 -- Still talking Ineligible List

5 -- Talking 2025 Topps Series 2

6 -- NBA playoffs chatter

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What: 2025 Leaf Pearl Multi-sport cards
Arrives: August
Box basics: 11 premium cards per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's high-end celebration of sport in seemingly every direction arrives for a new edition with some monster 16-auto booklets, a rare cut auto in every box and some of the biggest names in all the games found together right here.

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What: 2025 Leaf Lumber baseball cards
Arrives: August
Box basics: Four premium hits (at least one autograph) per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bats-focused brand arrives with some of the biggest and most-outrageous booklet cards in baseball card history with members of the 3,000 Hit Club, 500 Home Run Club and more inside some of them -- and not just their bat pieces, either.

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What: 2024 Leaf Lumber baseball cards
Arrives: July 31
Box basics: Four premium hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bats-focused brand arrives for another summer with legends from the game in play as well as fan favorites from more recent years with multi-auto and multi-mem cards to be found in this hits-only release.

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The box: 2019 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for FOTL)

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The box: 2022 Panini Absolute Baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The box: 2021 Panini Absolute Baseball (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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The box: 2021 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

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What: 2021 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards
Arrives: April 28
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Diamond Kings baseball cards arrive for another summer with familiar inclusions, some new touches and plenty of past and present star power in the mix.

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The box: 2021 Gummy Arts trading cards (two packs)
Where to buy: Right here (when available)

What's this? Keep reading to see what was found in two packs of this one ...

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Check out the prices of unopened boxes from just two years ago in the gallery -- it should surprise you.

Do know what today is?

It was supposed to be the opening day of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., but with the life-changing coronavirus pandemic still in play across the country the show of all shows has been tentatively rescheduled for December. (And, realistically, that's likely in doubt.)

What might you have found on the show floor? Well, you can find stuff you might not even know exists -- or can even imagine -- and in the case of this throwback gallery of views from just two years ago you might wish you had a time machine.

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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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SUPPLY VS. DEMAND ... 
The Item: Conor McGregor 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines Ruby parallel (/8)
The Price: Sold for $125
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I don't normally showcase old auctions but this one struck me as a tad surprising but also as a situation to offer up some thoughts, though it is admittedly a rare parallel card of a top name. What happens when wax boxes vanish because they get ripped and then rare stuff pops back up on the market years after a deluge? Well, sales like this and it's seemingly not alone as I have seen some Relic lots and other inclusions here command similar prices when they might not normally -- at least under conventional thinking that's not all that realistic about the markets. This brand is one with a hit in every box and 10 packs, too, making it a safe rip and a relatively fun one (I liked it and I'm not the biggest UFC fan) and in the box I opened I landed a parallel like this one -- mine was Ronda Rousey. The auto checklist has some solid names and every box also includes a cool engot card that can also command a few bucks and a lot more than you might think if it's a key name. I noticed a box of this one in stock over in the store and I'd totally grab it if I did higher-priced boxes more regularly ... but instead I'll let one of you do the honors and show me what I could have had.
Similar Pieces: Other 2014 UFC Bloodlines cards on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2014 Topps UFC Bloodlines

Keep reading for a few more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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The box: 2012 Panini Golden Age sports cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2014 Panini Golden Age sports cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The first night of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions' three-day Spring Sports Catalog Auction opened with some serious firepower that wasn't just about all of those vintage rarities that just shouldn't exist anymore.

It also included some impressive sales of rare singles from modern cardboard -- and some modern cases that probably don't exist anymore in high volume as the treasures inside them can command huge wads of cash, too.

Among five cards that commanded six-figure sales last night was the 2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks Superfractor 1/1 autograph of former NL MVP Christian Yelich, which sold for $111,000 in a PSA 9 slab. Joining it was a 2011 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks Superfractor 1/1 autograph (also a PSA 9) of Francisco Lindor, which went for $102,000. The other five six-figure cards were of Joe Jackson, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams -- cards either immensely rare or in high grades. A top-grade Michael Jordan 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card just missed that club but set a new record for the card's sale.

A number of other key modern cards were scorchers, too -- check out a gallery and sales stats after the jump -- and some modern cases less than a decade old also commanded top dollar, too.

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What: 2019 Historic Autographs Federal League
Arrives: July 24
Box basics: One graded original 1914/15 Cracker Jack Federal Leaguer card or one cut auto per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs takes a look back at the Federal League with a mix of cut autos, buybacks, art cards and more in a limited release.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 1.

The box: 2019 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (FOTL hobby)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2019 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (FOTL hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 96
Base set completion: 
74 of 100 (74 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mickey Mantle, Joe Jackson, Satchel Paige, Christy Mathewson, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Aaron Judge, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Miguel Andujar, Vladimir Guerrero, Ichiro Suzuki, Nolan Ryan, Pee Wee Reese, Justin Verlander, Jose Altuve, Ozzie Albies, Rhys Hoskins, Juan Soto, Tris Speaker, Andrew Benintendi, Johnny Bench, Max Scherzer, Mookie Betts, Jimmie Foxx, Carl Hubbell, Tony Gwynn, Mel Ott, Roberto Clemente, Honus Wagner

Rookie Cards (23) – Ramon Laureano, Kevin Kramer, Kevin Newman, Enyel De Los Santos, Dakota Hudson, David Fletcher, Cedric Mullins, Garrett Hampson, Brandon Lowe, Christin Stewart, Jonathan Loaisiga, Bryse Wilson, Justus Sheffield, Brad Keller, Jake Bauers, Kolby Allard, Jonathan Davis, Kyle Wright, Sean Reid-Foley, Josh James, Jeff McNeil, Luis Urias, Michael Kopech (no logo)

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 10.

The box: 2012 Panini Golden Age sports cards (hobby box)
The cost: Click here (when available)

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The box: 2018 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7 (six standard, one bonus)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in bonus)
Cards in this box: 33
Base set completion: 
23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig Buster Posey, Roger Maris, Mookie Betts, John McGraw, Justin Verlander, Anthony Rizzo

Rookie Cards (6) – Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Santander, Victor Robles, Tyler Wade, Dillon Peters, Anthony Randa

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The box: 2018 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7 (six standard, one bonus)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in bonus)
Cards in this box: 33
Base set completion: 
22 of 100 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Alex Bregman, Roger Maris, Mookie Betts, Lou Gehrig, Andrew Benintendi, Don Larsen

Rookie Cards (6) – Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Santander, Greg Allen, Victor Robles, Dominic Smith, Victor Caratini

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 2.

The box: 2008 Donruss Threads Baseball
The cost: $79

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The box: 2017 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 35
Base set completion: 
19 of 100 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Francisco Lindor, Josh Donaldson, Jake Arrieta, Chipper Jones, Lloyd Waner, Pee Wee Reese, Ty Cobb, John McGraw, Stan Musial, Joe Jackson

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The legend of "Shoeless Joe" lives on.

A PSA 8 copy of Joe Jackson's 1909 E90-1 American Caramel card rocked the auction block on Sunday morning and, along with one other high-grade icon from the past topped a combined $1.1 million in an SCP Auctions sale.

The Jackson sold for $667,189 and is one of only two cards to receive that grade and none are higher.

”We are thrilled with the results of our biggest summer auction to date," said SCP Auctions Vice President Dan Imler. "The market for 'best of the best' sports cards and historic memorabilia continues to show incredible strength.”

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The box: 2014 Panini Golden Age trading cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby box)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
38 of 150 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jimi Hendrix, Martin Luther King Jr., Josh Gibson, Ernie Banks, Farrah Fawcett, Joe Jackson

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