What: 2024 Topps Graphite tennis cards
Arrives: Dec. 18
Box basics: Four autographs, Relics or metal cards per four-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes the court once again next month to finish off 2024 with a new brand that meshes Chrome with other feels for tennis stars from around the world that are all found here.

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What: 2022 Leaf Decadence sports cards
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: Three framed autographed cards per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's meshes chromium-stock autographs with a framed presentation for legends from all around the sports world in a high-end autographs-only release that it calls "one of our greatest items ever."

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What: 2022 Leaf In The Game Used Sports cards
Arrives: Oct. 28
Box basics: Five hits per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's multi-sport premium brand once again takes on the entire sports world with a mix of notable possibilities from the legends of the past to recent superstars all in one spot.

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What: 2021-22 Leaf Pearl Multi-sport
Arrives: July 29
Box basics: TBD (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf Pearl will once again take on a multi-sport approach and has offered some early teasers for the release with full details to come at a later time.

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Ace Authentic's run as a pro tennis card creator included some of the biggest names in the game signing on and a number of appearances on memorabilia cards that are still among the only options out there for fans of the action on the court.

Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Anna Kournikova, Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Andre Agassi and Billie Jean King are just some of the notables who signed for the company during its run before Leaf purchased its assets and intellectual property back in December 2012.

A new (old) arrival in the BlowoutCards store on Friday sparked some interest as, well, there aren't a lot of tennis options to be found out there in the world right now -- these are actually the only tennis option on the site. And, as a result of there being no new stuff on the market, some cards have had some crazy sales recently over on eBay. There's also an element of mystery here, too, as you might guess from the visuals above.

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Legendary actor Tom Hanks, $19.77. Wrestling icon Ric Flair and his WWE star daughter Charlotte, $19.98.

Those are the prices this collector paid for the latest additions to his autograph collection thanks to the signed books section at one major book chain's website -- a new reminder that one of the easiest ways to land autographs from some big names is to watch the new arrival lists.

It's a little oldschool -- you don't have to pay for the autograph just the book?!? -- and a little risky as you have to buy from the right places using some strategy, but it's one way that many collectors have landed ink without forking over big bucks or ripping packs to chase a particular name. (Some names, like Hanks for example, don't even have card appearances.)

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Topps' annual multi-sport (but still baseball) showcase, Allen & Ginter, doesn't arrive until July, but that didn't stop the company from teasing four autograph inclusions coming in the 11th edition of the retro-styled set on Tuesday.

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It's February and that means that we're set for the Super Bowl and some mass-marketing from SI.com over the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

And in reality the hype for both already has begun.

The last time we saw Ronda Rousey, she was suffering the first loss of her UFC career. Up next she'll be in the annual issue for the second year in a row. More publicity won't hurt her already-in-high-demand cardboard. She's one of a long list of athletes to appear in the issue and part of an even longer list of models who appear on cards and have certified autographs and even memorabilia cards for collectors to chase.

For the traditional models, there actually were SI Swimsuit card sets released each year from 2003 to 2009 from Stellar Collectibles and then a later retrospective set. In those sets, we got autographs, memorabilia cards and even paint cards from photoshoots. Meanwhile, for many of the athletes who have appeared in the issue since, there are autograph appearances in sets like Topps' Allen & Ginter (and many other sets) where collectors can also sometimes find the models. Kate Upton and Chrissy Teigen have been found there for example, and they sell very well.

Here's a rundown of a few sports stars who we've seen in the issue.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck All-time Greats Master Collection trading cards
Arrives: This week
Box basics: 58 cards and one mystery redemption per box

What's buzz-worthy: Take the biggest names in the sports world (and the Upper Deck stable of signers) and take it all high-end. How high-end? The cost per box to dealers -- not the price to the public -- is north of $10,000. What does it include? Among the inclusions in each box are an autographed acrylic box-topper, a 25-card autographed base set, a 30-card acetate Master Collection Puzzle set, one Michael Jordan Diamond card, one autographed Masterful Paintings card, one dual auto or dual cut auto card and one mystery redemption.

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