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What's Buzzing: John Clayton, Deshaun Watson, MLB & NBA chatter and new breaks and pulls in this Saturday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Davante Adams changes teams, MLB chatter, new pulls, Baker Mayfield's next spot and more in today's edition.

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What: 2021-22 Panini Revolution basketball cards
Arrives: April 27
Box basics: 40 cards per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's colorful pattern-filled brand arrives for another run on the court with plenty of parallels, new looks for veterans and, of course, plenty of Rookie Cards.

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What's Buzzing: Freddie Freeman, a missing Superfractor, MLB pulls, a fix and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: Topps Heritage breaks and chatter, NBA chatter, slow-arriving NFL cardboard, Jackie Robinson vs. Mickey Mantle, NFL chatter and ... where's Freddie Freeman headed?

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around it's the biggest Buzz Buys ever. (A collection of pick-ups from recent times as well as in the past year or so.)

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BUZZ FELT RICH AGAIN ... 
The Card: Derek Jeter 2012 Panini National Treasures Prime Button (/6)
The Price: More than I'll admit.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was a premium-priced pick-up for me but I only landed it after getting rid of a lot of smaller cards slowly but surely -- and that's something I should do more often. Sure, it's centering is off -- that's the one obvious issue -- but I always liked the simplicity and lineup of options for this first year of Panini National Treasures. I typically stick to the old guys but a button card of a new Hall of Famer wasn't a bad add and at the price it's a good long-term hold. I got this at a fraction of many Jeter game-used button cards out there. That's all I'll say for now -- I'm keeping these a little shorter than normal as this is the biggest roundup of pick-ups I've ever done.
Grab a box right here: Panini National Treasures boxes (all years)

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What's Buzzing: Baseball is back, post-lockout chatter, new WWE pulls and more in this Thursday-afternoon edition.

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What: 2021-22 Panini Noir basketball cards
Arrives: April 20
Box basics: Four autographs and three memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Noir drops with the nods to shoes, moody hues and, of course, new Rookie Cards and plenty more to chase within these high-end boxes.

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What's Buzzing: Calvin Ridley, Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers, big pulls, retail surprises and the MLB lockout are all on minds today.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, tennis cards coming, signed books and plenty more in this Sunday edition.

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What's Buzzing: "Positional investment rankings," USFL chatter, NFTs, bots, AEW chatter and horizontal slabs? (No, not yet.)

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What: 2021-22 Panini Impeccable basketball cards
Arrives: April 6
Box basics: Five autographs per nine-card box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Impeccable hits the hardwood with some anniversary nods like you see above as well as all the autographs and memorabilia cards collectors expect on the rookie front from this hit-fueled brand.

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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 ... another super-sized edition with some new inclusions like comic books and magazines.

FRESH OFF THE TRUCK
The Book: Captain Britain No. 1 (1976 Marvel UK magazine, with mask) -- first appearance of the character
The Reason Graded: This one arrived back in my hands from CGC on Sunday, so I'll have it lead off here as it's as fresh as it gets in my stash of slabs -- and it actually presents a question for people familiar with pressing. (Help a newb out!) First, the back story ... I picked this up probably 30 years ago via Mile High Comics for more than I would have normally spent back then -- probably around $20 -- for a NM-MT copy. For all these years, it was in its magazine bag with one of their old round condition stickers still attached before I recently decided to dig it out for slabbing. Why? It's obscure -- it's a newsprint-style, magazine-size book released only in the UK -- and it's pricey when it's in elite grade. (We'll get to that.) This debuting character is one that had evolved a lot by the time I had gotten into comics (around 1990) and he was the leader of the British X-Men group, Excalibur, which launched as a standalone title in 1988. As part of collecting key issues and artist favorites back then, I tracked down this debut that was mentioned on the back of his 1990 Impel Marvel Universe card. (That set is what drew me into comics.) I knew this copy wasn't perfect, but it was close and I figured it was best to get it slabbed despite some paper-texture funk (the vertical black lines in white areas around the nameplate and corner box). I assumed some of that might lighten up as part of CGC's pressing/cleaning process. If it helped at all, I had figured it might get it closer to one of those top grades.
The Grade: CGC 9.4 (Universal)

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Reality Check: This one checked in lower than I had hoped for as I had thought a 9.6 might be realistic -- but the only dramatic difference here vs. higher marks is the dollar signs and probably some of that funk. (My back cover wasn't as clean as I remembered so my gut feeling may be moot.) A 9.8 copy of this has topped $5,000 on eBay while ones in my condition have been around $1,500 ... so it's still a good slab. (I'm sitting on it like everything else in my stash.) ... Here's where I can use some help from the pressers/slabbers out there, though. It seems like pressing may have actually added to the funk or emphasized it in spots. Some of the white areas definitely have more of that showing now, not less, particularly around the right side of the No. 1 box and the "free inside" mask circle where there's plenty of white paper. It's absolutely the same book (minor pulp spots are there as they were when I sent it) but I was surprised by the paper texture seemingly being emphasized (or not as clean) after pressing. (Click on the image above right -- ignore the color difference as that is likely due to my photography skills.) You can see more dark spots/texture of the paper visible -- perhaps it's from ink on the inside page showing through? I assume I'm not the first to press one of these -- or that they wouldn't press these if it would make its condition worse. I didn't have this on my mental list of outcomes, and naturally, I wondered whether this dropped me a grade and it will always bug me now. Perhaps this happened because the cover is newsprint and not white paper? The time it takes for pressing has had me not doing that on nearly all other submissions but this one -- my first sub I had pressed -- left me wondering if it helped at all. (If I could do this one all over again ... I would not have.) By the way, the color you see peeking out the right side? That's a perfect mask tucked inside the issue just like the cover promises from almost 50 years ago. All in all, I'm glad I graded this one and I think it's the priciest comic book in my stash ... but it definitely prompted some questions.

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What's Buzzing: Wander Franco, Joel Embiid, big pulls and "What happens to the baseball card market if there is no season?"

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What's Buzzing: MLB Mount Rushmores, new pulls, NBA chatter, the 10 most-collectable NFL players ever and more.

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What's Buzzing: Wander Franco, Zion Williamson, Wander Franco RCs, a look at a major collector, 2022 Topps breaks, big pulls and ... the Las Vegas Athletics?

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, NFL chatter, storing sets, pondering NBA at 75 cardboard and ... Michael Jordan or LeBron James?

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What's Buzzing: New breaks take center stage today along with an NBA thread worth a look, the MLB lockout and Juwan Howard.

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What's Buzzing: NBA All-Star Weekend, new pulls, avoiding grading, 2022 Topps and more.

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What's Buzzing: Wander Franco, 2022 Topps chatter and pulls, NBA All-Star Weekend, pondering National trips and if you could rip five NFL boxes, what would they be?

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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: 2020-21 Panini Mosaic NBA cards (hanger box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: NBA chatter, eBay's authenticity service, Wander Franco's Rookie Card, two big fish that got away, Aaron Donald and is Cody Rhodes really done with AEW?

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What's Buzzing: NBA trade deadline deals, MLB favorites, overhyped NBA parallels, Jeremy Giambi and more.

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The box: 2021-22 NBA Hoops basketball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around it's a super-sized edition with buys from last year as well as some from recent weeks.

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THE RAMS & PRIME TIME
The Card: Joe Namath & Sam Bradford 2011 Panini Certified Fabric of the Game Combos Prime (/25)
The Price: $27.75
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This is one of only a few Joe Namath memorabilia cards from his career-capping 1977 season with the Los Angeles Rams -- and it's on the rarer side of things as a prime patch card along with another notable past QB for the team who people had tapped for Super Bowl stardom. I figured I'd have this one lead off this time as the Rams are in the Super Bowl on Sunday and, to me, this is a Super Bowl-caliber card on the cheaper side of things. It's a part of my school ties part of my stash ... Namath Rams jersey cards are always worth the look in my book.
Grab a box right here: 2011 Panini Certified NFL

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