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What's Buzzing: New pulls, tips for a beginning collector, Ozzie Albies, cardboard normalcy and an alleged Panini points problem?

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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: New breaks, WWE Revolution, The National, investment portfolio chatter, football cards that should exist and Pete Alonso ... Hall of Famer?

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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: NBA Finals and league opinions, showing off Joe Montana cards, The National and more.

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All those college draft picks and NIL cards from Topps will have school names and logos beginning next year

Fanatics revealed on Thursday that it has "new broad-scale college physical and digital trading card deals" with more than 100 top schools and will have exclusive rights for several years with deals that "will include both exclusive and non-exclusive co-branded trading card products, incorporating official university trademarks and featuring current student-athletes and former athletes playing in the NFL, NBA and MLB." It's a three-year deal beginning in 2023.

"Fanatics has been closely monitoring the ever-evolving NIL landscape, and we felt this was the perfect time to launch multiple, strategic college trading card programs that will allow schools and current student-athletes to create new levels of direct engagement with fans across hundreds of the top programs nationwide," said Derek Eiler EVP of Fanatics College. "There are tremendous opportunities for this untapped area of the hobby and to expand further across the collegiate sports landscape."

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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: NBA Finals chatter, some serious NFL threads worth a look, Project100 business, Formula 1 and more.

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What: 2022 Panini Immaculate Collection baseball cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: Four autographs and two memorabilia cards per six-card box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate is back for another season on the diamond with nothing but hits inside for stars from the past, present and future.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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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: Cosmic Chrome has them talking, Project100 thoughts, autographed books and CDs and more in today's edition.

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What: 2022 Panini Select Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: July 15
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select goes back to school for the first time with an autograph in every 15-card pack and with stars of the past and present all found in their school colors.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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What: 2022 Panini Prizm WNBA basketball cards
Arrives: July 15
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: WNBA fans get Prizm for a third time with a familiar lineup but a larger 200-card base set this time around that includes W25 cards for the league's most-legendary players.

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

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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: Bryce Harper vs. Mike Trout, best helmets for autos, talking vintage grading, a big Bowman U box and more.

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What: 2022 Panini Select WWE trading cards
Arrives: July 15
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Select gets in the ring for the first time with plenty of color, ink and the first Panini memorabilia cards for the stars of the WWE -- both past and present.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2021-22 Panini Obsidian basketball cards
Arrives: July 15
Box basics: Two autographed cards per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Obsidian arrives on the hardwood for its fourth season with the top NBA rookies and plenty more to be found as part of this sometimes-colorful release.

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One of the biggest sports cards ever made may soon ascend to its much-talked-about throne.

The 2020-21 Panini Flawless LeBron James Triple Logoman will hit the auction block this week via Goldin where it is being touted as a contender to break the all-time sales record for any sports card ever made -- that's the $6.6 million paid for a T206 Honus Wagner. The auction will begin on Wednesday via Goldin.

"The LeBron James Triple Logoman card is the undisputed holy grail of modern cards," said Goldin Executive Chairman and Founder Ken Goldin. "For months, collectors have clamored to claim this uniquely alluring masterpiece and for card collectors, there have been a small handful of cards that are considered the pièce de résistance of the hobby. We are truly proud to offer this item and now it can be yours."

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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: NBA Finals, they say "art moms" are a key, baseball TV talk shows, big pulls, low averages and "Galactics are overrated?"

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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: NBA Finals chatter, MLB talk, NBA breaks and more in this Sunday 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: New arrivals, new pulls, big break highlights, a Topps cancellation and dumping high-end Michael Jordan cards?

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What: 2021 Panini Eminence NFL cards
Arrives: July 29
Box basics: Nine autographs and one other card per box -- all encased in advance.
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Eminence takes the NFL to ultra-high-end levels with a box that's nearly all deluxe encased autographed cards showcasing legends of the past and superstars of today.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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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: Last-box heat, NBA Finals, new arrivals, new pulls and more in this Friday 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: 2022 Bowman mega boxes are here, pondering The National, vintage cards, Marion Barber, Game of Thrones and J-Rod 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: Plenty of chatter, new pulls and more in this Wednesday edition.

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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 ...

MY FIRST NEW-LABEL SLAB ...
The Card: Derrick Henry 2016 Panini Origins Rookie Autographs #112
The Reason Graded: My latest submission of stuff from CSG is already back -- in times far faster than what's posted on their site -- and this card of Tennessee Titans star (and former Alabama Crimson Tide standout as well as Heisman Trophy winner) Derrick Henry was my choice for my first fast sub under their new format. Why? I thought it looked quite flawless with a solid on-card sig with literally nothing obviously wrong with the card. With this being perhaps my best NFL auto for him I opted to slab it since thick-stock cards like this have tended to grade cleanly for me.
The Grade: CSG 9.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: I was a little surprised this didn't check in higher as the only couple of white spots on the card appeared to be to be part of the design's specs and splats but ... I'll live with it. This one might also be reflective of CSG's tough standards, which don't appear to have gotten easier at all with their new slabs and slightly tweaked scale at its top. (Cards previously in a CSG Gem Mint 9.5 are now Gem Mint 10s.) All in all, I'm good with this card and their new scale and look -- straight-on scans don't do these slabs justice. While I liked the previous style (and own plenty) this one is tight and right ... just like their time for return, price and structure that lets you see the front and backs of the cards as they were in-house. There won't be tampering/fake slabs when you can look up the card online -- a big plus over other slabs if you ask me.

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

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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: Ups and downs, a video to see, card altering, Josh Allen cards, Project100 and some breaks to start the work week.

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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: NBA Finals are set, Project100 Wave 2, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts are warming up 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: NBA chatter, fantasy football mishaps in MLB, pondering non-sports licensing, MLB chatter and more.

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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: 2022 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery.

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