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 ... 

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FROM 61* TO CARDBOARD ... 
The Card: Roger Maris & Barry Pepper 2021 Leaf Ultimate Sports The Ultimate Duo (/12)
The Price: $25
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This one flew under my radar for sure until I recently spotted it and had to grab it instantly. For those who don't know, actor Berry Pepper played Roger Maris in 61* -- trailer here -- a 2001 Billy Crystal movie made for HBO. It's easily among the best baseball movies out there for accuracy as Crystal is an obsessive Yankees fan who notes it all in behind-the-scenes segments you can see on the DVD. This one pairs a piece of what is likely a Maris bat with a piece of what looks like a leather jacket for Pepper -- not the most-ideal combo of items, but it is what it is. This is the only card pairing the two and it's the easiest version to find -- the rest of the parallels and printing plates have lower numbering here -- all /6 and below ... no wonder this one was off my radar for three years. I simply hadn't seen any of them.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this one but Leaf baseball boxes are here

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What: 2023 Leaf Vivid baseball cards
Arrives: April 2024
Box basics: Five autos per seven-card hobby box (12 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The sophomore edition of this colorful Leaf line includes some new twists that can really add to the chase this time around ... as in Hot Boxes with nothing but 1/1 cards inside.

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What: 2023 Leaf Art of Sport Solo Edition trading cards
Arrives: January
Box basics: One "premium hit" per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings its set loaded with artistic flair to collectors once again -- this time with a solo approach that means one card per box -- as it "expands on that artistic endeavor with new and exciting athletes, artwork and designs" in a release that "is truly a work of art."

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What: 2024 Leaf Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: January
Box basics: Three "premium signatures" per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Sports Heroes returns to the Leaf lineup with a mix of elite names from all around the sports world all arriving as Metal autographs in a number of shades.

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What: 2023 Leaf Metal baseball cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: Six autos and two base cards per hobby box (10 per case) or 10 autos and four base cards per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Metal is back for another go with two box formats and with base cards now in the mix -- and with both formats still having exclusives and encased proofs.

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What: 2023 Leaf History Book Sports Edition Chapter 1 sports cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: Two booklet cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf offers up nothing but booklet cards in its newest high-end multi-sport release -- a mix of multi-player autograph and memorabilia groupings from around the sports world all in one spot.

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What: 2023 Leaf Art of Sport trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 26, 2024
Box basics: Four "premium hits" per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings some artistic flair to collectors once again with a follow-up to its debut art release -- and this time it "expands on that artistic endeavor with new and exciting athletes, artwork and designs" in a release that "is truly a work of art."

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What: 2023 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Dugout Dreams autographed baseballs
Arrives: June 30
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new name on TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand lineup arrives soon with one monster Grand Treasure ball and then plenty of past and present superstars all among the finds in these mystery boxes.

What's the biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for details on that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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Sure, today and this week is about the newest of the new in 2023 Topps, but Wheatland Auction Services has some of the biggest of the big cards up for grabs in an auction ending on Sunday.

Everything from iconic Hall of Famer tobacco cards like Ty Cobb above -- a card presently at $7,500 -- to slabbed Rookie Cards of the Super Bowl QBs, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are all presently on the auction block beginning at just $5 with the sale ending this Sunday evening (7 p.m. Eastern).

Keep reading for a look at some of the pieces and details on even more that's up for grabs -- cards, lots, memorabilia and more -- via the Lancaster, Pa.-based company.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as Blowout Cards' Black November sales have arrived this year.

The first wave is here and many of the discounts were dramatic enough that Buzz once again had to ponder the possibilities in many of the boxes and cases -- and here are five that caught this collector’s eye ... and there's far more that just might suit your tastes in the big sale.

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PLAYING IT SAFE? NAH ... THERE'S HUGE POTENTIAL HERE
2020 Topps Heritage MLB
Buzz isn't a high-roller for the most part -- even when the big sales hit -- but there are releases where the discounts can make the gamble (and this one, like many, can be a gamble) worth it. This one gets the nod from me this time as it's one that I did very well with -- check out the autograph in this break (or at right) -- that's a win that's not the norm ... but he's also not alone. You get some kind of variation in every box most of the time and a good name there can mean good things. There are also rarer Relics to go with ink here where master set collectors can pay well if it's something they need. This Ryan will end up in a slab for me at some point -- I should have slabbed it long ago no matter what but those black borders have made me push it off -- but other autos here include Bo Bichette (rookie), Austin Riley, Anthony Rizzo, Carl Yastrzemski, Fernando Tatis Jr., Hank Aaron (yep!), Johnny Bench, Mike Trout, Pete Alonso, Ronald Acuña Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez (rookie) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. among others. They won't be in every box or even every case, of course, but they could be in there and when it's cheaper that's when it's time to open.

Keep reading for a few more boxes you should consider (and are likely to end up in Buzz's cart).

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What: 2022 Pro Set Pure sports cards
Arrives: Dec. 30
Box basics: Four autos per hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf adds a new Pro Set product to its lineup with every card being an acetate autograph using memorable past designs from all around the sports world all in one spot.

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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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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 Draft and basketball chatter, new pulls, The National, Prizm WWE and more 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: 2022 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby & FOTL)

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what's in this one.

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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)
Order: Click here

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.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2022 Historic Autographs Trivia Game World Series Cut Signature Edition
Arrives: July 20
Box basics: One cut autograph, 220 trivia question/answer cards, one gameboard poster and four game chips (32 sets per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs takes a gaming twist with its next release -- an affordable release that lets baseball fans chase cut autos from World Series players while also testing their trivia mettle.

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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 Absolute Baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for this one.

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Diamond Stars autographed baseballs
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand arrives with a sneak peek of the release for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention -- just 100 cases -- in advance of a full release in September.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that ... and a gallery of what's in this one.

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What: 2022 Pro Set Sports trading cards
Arrives: July 29
Box basics: Two autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pro Set's all-encompassing multi-sport release that's nothing but ink arrives for a second year with a number of legends all in one spot.

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What: 2022 Super Break Supercharged 2
Arrives: April 25
Box basics: At least three items -- one of those being a buyback card -- per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break turns to memorabilia a second time with this multi-sport line -- and it goes beyond sports, too, with nods to pop culture among the possibilities.

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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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LOOK AT THAT INK! 
The Item: Wander Franco 2022 Topps Postseason Autographs (/50)
The Price: $3,500 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This guy's cardboard is leading the way right now in terms of the chatter, the hype, the dollar signs ... all of it. Part of that is speculators wanting in on the big MLB talent for sure, but his play last year and his new big, long-term contract all help justify the interest. Why does this one lead off here? Well, it's not his flashiest, priciest or even best card ... but in this case the sticker is perfect. His auto has a lot of loops to it and others I have seen have all been running off of it ... even on better cards. (Is this one the norm? I don't know -- I didn't look too closely at everything out there -- but keeping all the ink on the sticker should matter. (Or a better way to say it, a bad sticker can hurt.) Keep that in mind if you're dabbling to slab here. If you're ripping packs, keep in mind that jumbos have ink every time ... so, realistically, you have a better shot at Franco ink there. Ink is also in hobby -- but not every box.
Similar Pieces: 2022 Topps Series 1 autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2022 Topps Series 1 boxes

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Platinum autographed baseballs
Arrives: Jan. 26
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand hits the field with some big chase baseballs -- think legendary sluggers -- and then a varied mix of stuff in every case.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that and a gallery of what's in this one.

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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 pack: 2019 Topps MLB Sticker Collection box
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... some past sticker releases here

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.

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What: 2021 Historic Autographs Kings Series III
Arrives: Oct. 7
Box basics: Two autographs per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs goes high-end with its newest cut-autograph release with legends from around the sports world all in play here.

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What: 2021 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Diamond Stars autographed baseballs
Arrives: July 28
Box basics: One autographed baseball per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed baseball chase brand arrives with a number of notables and rare legends' ink all in one place.

The biggest chase of them all this year? Keep reading for that ... and a gallery of what's in this one.

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