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The box: 2021-22 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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What's Buzzing: Bill Russell, Nichelle Nichols, Deshaun Watson, The National, a non-iconic card question and Joe Montana vs. Steve Young. (What?)

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What's Buzzing: The National, Blowout MegaMix pulls, Project100, a fun NFL set from the past, new breaks and "sounds like a pump job and it may be, but ... "

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What's Buzzing: The National opens later today, a Super Bo, hulking Kobe RCs, Project chatter and more.

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What's Buzzing: Superfractors in blaster boxes, true collectors, hot (wrong) takes on Rookie Cards and more in this edition sure to grind some gears out there. (That or Buzz just hasn't had enough caffeine yet today.)

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketball Jerseys
Arrives: Sept. 9
Box basics: One autographed basketball jersey per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line hits the hardwood with some of the biggest stars in the history of the game involved as either standard jerseys or as the big chase.

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What's Buzzing: The National nears, new pulls, a football question, some Hall of Fame thoughts and an NBA repack for the win.

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What's Buzzing: The National, non-sports chatter, Vince McMahon, talking Kaboom! and Downtown cards and "is the end near" for rookie patch autos?

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What: 2021-22 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 31
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the court with the familiar format of last year but with the new rookies all in one spot with plenty of parallels and color for each of them, too.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of what's to come for this one.

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What happens when an homage to a legendary basketball card set meets the most-marvelous team of mutants on a rare variant cover with a big side of "Snikt?"

We'll find out soon.

This variant cover of X-Men Legends No. 1 arrives only on DiamondGalleries.com later this month with Wolverine joining the 1986-87 Fleer "Rookie Card" crop as imagined by artist Matthew DiMasi. The artist's specialty? Oversized pieces that are mosaics made from broken tiles as part of his Shattered Comics works that have appeared on a number of Marvel Comics variant covers.

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What: 2022 Super Break Basketball
Arrives: Aug. 24
Box basics: One buyback card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break focuses on basketball with its newest buyback release with cards and in some instances memorabilia in the mix.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What's Buzzing: The National nears, Topps Pristine returns, a nice dual-auto pull, a late arrival, new Chrome soccer and is it time for "vintage" to change?

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What's Buzzing: The National is two weeks away, Pumped Metal Gems, shop robberies, a soccer Project, Prizm NFL wins and ... what's a high pop report?

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What's Buzzing: Kenneth Lofton Jr. cards are in demand, new breaks, The National, stupid card photos, Hall of Fame chatter, five NBA cards that are tank-proof?

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What's Buzzing: A bad-auto follow-up, new pulls, The National, Star NBA cards, Yordan Alvarez and more.

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What's Buzzing: A big move leads to questions, prospects you can't quit, some questionable autographs, The National and more.

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What's Buzzing: Collectors react to Baker Mayfield's trade, The National, MLB chatter, a winning Contenders Optic break, the tank is coming and "Why do you collect vintage?"

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What's Buzzing: Liv Morgan shocks the WWE Universe, some huge blaster pulls, ripping old Prizm NBA and more in this Sunday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Star Wars Chrome Sapphire, an NFL thread to see (fake cards), new pulls, NBA signings, The National and more.

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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 ...

BETTER THAN LAST TIME ...
The Card: Ja Morant 2019-20 Panini Chronicles Luminance #165 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: Somewhere in a past item in this series there's a Pink parallel of this cool card buried in a post as it was one of only a few bummers I've had with a low mark -- one that was too low for my taste as I had apparently missed a rough edge. This time? Well, this was the one I didn't send in back then and that's because I thought it had an edge spot that I thought might nix a top grade ... but I was wrong again. With this card having an iconic photo -- one that makes it easily his best RC to me (I'm merely a casual NBA ripper) -- I threw it in a bulk sub to see how I'd do. It's an absolutely epic photo ... even though it was a missed dunk.
The Grade: CSG 10

Reality Check: This is a card with a pretty big volume graded -- and a good chunk of those checking in lower than mine. All in all, it's a win that takes away the sting from last time.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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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. 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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NEW CHROME
The Item: Ken Griffey Jr. 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Aqua Wave Refractor
The Price: $249.95 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I don't think this price is a solid one -- but as an early arrival on eBay it might get hit as this massive set (700 cards) could create challenges of easily finding any one name you're hunting, let alone a parallel of an iconic player with a solid photo and a team-appropriate parallel color. All those variables are why Junior bats lead-off here. The parallel rainbow isn't quite as vast as was originally planned for this year-later, delayed-but-now-here release, but it is one that will still create collector challenges if they dare to do it all. (I think some people might try sets given the convergence of Chrome and a Heritage-ish feel.)
Similar Pieces: 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary

Keep reading for a few more interesting items ...

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What's Buzzing: The LeBron James Triple Logoman ends at $2.4M, new pulls, talking NFL parallels, MLB chatter, a WWE haul and more.

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What's Buzzing: Logoman chatter, autographed books, NFL, a simple question, Star Wars Sapphire and The National.

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The NBA Draft is over and thanks to new NCAA NIL rules collectors already have cards that they can chase in packs.

You can find cards for more than a dozen new picks -- including eight first-rounders -- in the 2021-22 Wild Card Alumination set that has its retail presence out now and its hobby boxes to come very soon.

Auburn's Jabari Smith, who went to Houston with the third pick, is in there. Joining him is Wisconsin's Johnny Davis who is headed to the Wizards after they took him 10th and Duke's A.J. Griffin who went to the Hawks with the 16th pick.

And they're not alone.

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What's Buzzing: NBA Draft and basketball chatter, new pulls, The National, Prizm WWE and more in today's edition.

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