Bryce Harper's first Philadelphia Phillies baseball cards are here.

There are a pair of cards and a pair of posters available now -- and in uniform -- thanks to Topps. However, they're not via Topps Now the real-time baseball card platform. They are instead more like wall art in their style and formats.

Poster A is the blue version, while Poster B is red and gray. Alone they are $19.99 apiece via Topps.com. The cards are the same images.

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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 35
Cards in this box: 35
Base set completion: 
33 of 400 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Josh Donaldson, Mike Trout, Salvador Perez, Chris Sale, David Price, Max Scherzer, Ryan Braun, James Paxton, Noah Syndergaard

>>> For variation details, click here

Rookie Cards (1 card, 3 rookies) – Framber Valdez, Josh James, Dean Deetz

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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 ...

The Card: 2014 Topps Chrome Update #MB46 Mookie Betts RC
The Reason Graded: I didn't buy a ton of Mega Boxes when these arrived five years ago, but I did land this card, which is a Rookie Debut version for then Red Sox rookie and now-reigning American League MVP Mookie Betts. This card is an ironic classic in that he's captured taking the field at Yankee Stadium. That aspect of the photo isn't as easily seen in Chrome form, but I opted to get this pricier version of the card graded. I'll probably grade some more of my others in the future. For now, though, this one leads the way.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: I wasn't that confident in this one as I just have bad luck at times with Chrome cards, but this one turns out to be one of the highest-graded copies. I'll take it, especially considering what I've got up next.

Keep reading for the rest of this month's new grades and additions.

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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 
64 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Paul Goldschmidt, Freddie Freeman, Salvador Perez, Chris Sale, David Price, Robinson Cano, Dustin Pedroia, Michael Conforto

>>> For variation details, click here

Rookie Cards (4 cards, 9 rookies) – Kyle Tucker, Cionel Perez, James Norwood, Duane Underwood Jr., Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, Francisco Arcia, Ty Buttrey, Williams Jerez

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Bryce Harper is headed to the Philadelphia Phillies.

The contract to come? A record-setting 13-year $330-million deal that would lock him in until age 38 and his 20th MLB season.

Harper, who's been on cards since he was was on the USA Baseball 16U team back in 2008, was the 2015 National League MVP when he hit 42 homers with a .330 average. Last year he hit .249 with 34 homers, upping his career total to 184 in seven seasons all with the Washington Nationals.

So, what's next for his cardboard?

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What's Buzzing Today: Plenty of 2019 Topps Heritage chatter and pulls, MLB players with big fan bases, pondering the card market without Mike Trout and plenty more -- all baseball -- in today's edition.

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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 25 (24 plus one box-topper)
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 217
Base set completion: 
189 of 400 (47 percent)
Duplicates: 7

Notables on base cards – Boston Red Sox World Series Champions, Cody Bellinger, Evan Longoria, Dansby Swanson, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Joc Pederson, Mookie Betts, Christian Yelich, Nolan Arenado, Yasiel Puig, Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez, Max Muncy, Bryce Harper, Willson Contreras, Max Scherzer, Manny Machado, Jose Altuve

>>> For variation details, click here

Rookie Cards (20 cards, 45 rookies) – Notables include Michael Kopech, Daniel Poncedeleon, Jonathan Loaisiga, Ramon Laureano

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One of the fun things that collectors look for every year in Topps Heritage baseball cards are errors and variations directly based on the mistakes of the past.

That won't happen too often this year as the 1970 Topps set is relatively error-free save for small changes on six checklists in the set and a cartoon on the back of card No. 303 that's found with and without a baseball.

That means when you rip into boxes of 2019 Topps Heritage beginning on Wednesday you'll likely have to settle for chasing unknown errors not based on that original set and, of course, you'll have to chase the typical variations that are planned by Topps every year. There are cards that look to the past, though, like this Pat Neshek, which has a nod to Lowell Palmer from 1970. The Neshek isn't a mistake or variation, it's a simple planned photo to mirror the pitcher remembered for his dark sunglasses back in the day. (These cards share the same number to help reinforce the point.)

Now, what might be in store for this one on the short-printed variation front?

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Topps is wrapping up its second Industry Conference at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., today, and the company revealed some of its plans for releases to come throughout the rest of this year.

The company's MLB lineup is relatively similar to recent years save for the return of Bowman Sterling, which is planned for an August release in place of Bowman Tek. It will be back with one auto and five base cards per pack and five packs per box. MLB products for the second half of the year include Diamond Icons, Archives Signature Series (both versions), Tribute, Topps Chrome Luminaries, Heritage High Number, Archives, Five Star, Gold Label, Bowman Chrome, Triple Threads, Heritage MiLB, High Tek, Topps Update, Dynasty, Transcendent, Bowman Draft and Bowman's Best. (Details on all of these will arrive with their First Buzz previews throughout the year right here on The Buzz.)

Possible Transcendent guests for Topps include Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr., though nothing firm was announced yet. There are also plans for a Bowman Transcendent release beyond this year. Meanwhile, Topps National Baseball Card Day will return on Aug. 10 in participating hobby shops with teasers at baseball stadiums, MLB Network publicity and packs in shops. Holiday packs also will return late this year, while silver promo packs will continue through Topps Update.

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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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HERITAGE IS HERE
The Item: Bud Selig 2019 Topps Heritage Inaugural Brew Crew Autograph
The Price: $25 after one bid (two-plus days remaining)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The first copy of this card to hit eBay comes a day before hobby boxes arrive and it's a card that sparked a number of different reactions when I mentioned it in a Pick Six for this release. This former MLB Commissioner was a key to the Seattle Pilots being moved to Milwaukee literally just days before the team took the field for the first game. This set isn't going to be the easiest to piece together and this card is arguably the most important of the bunch. It will be one to watch. I could see it push $200 but it could surprise as anything is possible early on.
Similar Pieces: Other 2019 Topps Heritage autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2019 Topps Heritage boxes

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

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: 2019 Topps Heritage chatter, big pulls, hobby-funding strategies and more in today's edition.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Inside the Mike Trout Topps Transcendent party, "last-box mojo" in the NFL, one over-delivering WWE box and plenty more in today's edition.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Showing off Topps Heritage stashes, big pulls and plenty more in this Saturday edition.

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Manny Machado's first San Diego Padres baseball cards are ready already and you can get a little closer to the game via a first for the Topps Now real-time cardboard line.

That's via a piece of the news conference table cloth from his signing earlier today -- a first for Now and likely baseball card history, too -- that can be had on Relics as part of this wave of cards for Machado after he signed his 10-year, $300-million deal.

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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 our finale for today.

The pack: 1984 Donruss baseball cards
The cost: $9 (click here for new MLB boxes)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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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 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
The cost: Click here (several formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's release: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (arrives Wednesday)

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BATTING LEADOFF ... 
The Card: Boston Red Sox World Series Champions 2019 Topps Heritage Card No. 1
The Price: Affordable once they arrive
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Just like the original set this one is built on, 1970 Topps, this one leads off with the defending champs in a modern celebration photo that's miles beyond the stiff team shot of the 1969 New York Mets that led things off back in the day. This card gets my nod because you'll see dozens of new Sox cards throughout this release with base cards, All-Stars, postseason highlights, World Series highlights and plenty more once these arrive. You'll see more Soxy cardboard at the end of this pre-release Pick Six, too.

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

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A top prospect and the reigning National League MVP will be there ... and dealers and distributors out there should be, too.

Topps' second Industry Conference is set for next week at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., and registrations ($250) are still available for the event beginning on Sunday.

Set in the heart of the Cactus League, this event will include several speakers during the three-day duration of this one with San Diego Padres prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. a signing guest for the opening reception Sunday and Christian Yelich to be on hand Monday night. There also will be gifts for each day of attendance.

Keep reading for a breakdown of the schedule as provided by Topps.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Old "found" cards are back from PSA, remembering Don Newcombe, big Fantastic Store pulls, best MLB pulls and a ton of new NBA and NFL box breaks to check out.

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We're just a week away from the hobby arrival of 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards -- the newest look back at a Topps MLB set of the past -- and we've got one of the last steps in the process that, this year, takes us back to 1970.

What's that step? We've got the checklist.

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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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SAN DIEGO'S NEW STAR?
The Item: Manny Machado 2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Gold Refractor Auto (/50, PSA 10-10)
The Price: $5,655 after 42 bids (seven hours remaining)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Manny Machado has a agreed to a fat contract -- 10 years, $3o0 million -- with the San Diego Padres and now there might be some new fans for his key cards like this one. Will it make him more or less popular? I'm not sure, but the action on this card is strong right now. It should be interesting to see how it finishes up tonight. Boxes of this one won't be found easily or affordably, either, so it's the singles route here -- and your best bet is to go graded for sure. He's got a good volume of autos -- far cheaper options than this -- so you can find his ink if you need it. Will he be signing more autos with such a big deal? The size of the contract suggests he won't need to unless he wants to.
Similar Pieces: Other Manny Machado autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for MLB boxes

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

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Chasing complete print runs, revisiting the card shop, big pulls and more.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, pondering cards that never existed and Ted Williams' missing years, a 1/1 auto from an NBA blaster and plenty more.

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Some of the biggest sports stars of the past and some of NASCAR and MLB's biggest names of today will all be appearing on Funko Pop! toys this year.

Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali get things going in a legends line, while Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt lead the pack for new NASCAR toys revealed just as the Daytona 500 and a new racing season starts today.

Joining them will be a huge lineup of MLB stars and mascots -- and for NFL fans a two-pack for Shaquem and Shaquille Griffin of the Seattle Seahawks.

Keep reading for a rundown of them all.

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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 a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, fantasy cards, NBA All-Star chatter (maybe) and more in today's edition.

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