Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

STARTING ON A SERIOUS NOTE ...
The Card: Will Ferrell 2015 Topps Archives Will Ferrell Inserts
The Reason Graded: Back in 2015 this comedy legend took to the field for 10 MLB teams and played 10 positions in a single day of real spring training action -- you can see his stats here -- as part of a project with a charity component called Ferrell Takes The Field. Collectors ended up chasing his autographs on 10 different cards in Archives that year -- roughly one per hobby case if I remember correctly -- but, alas, I went 0-for-1 there before those boxes got too pricy and/or vanished ... but I did hit the blasters. There, the regular Ferrell inserts were found one per box -- at least until all of those boxes disappeared, too. It's been a decade since this publicity stunt took place (March 12, 2015), so I figured we could start this new MLB season here on a serious note. These aren't his only cards -- he popped up a few times that year -- but this was the first set and this was the first card -- and one for my team.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: There's a small volume of stuff slabbed for this card -- roughly all cards here have no more than 10 slabbed copies across the entire set -- and this is among the top marks. This card has full-bleed back edges in bright blue just like in 1965 Topps and when I saw how clean this card was, well, it was a no-brainer. I previously slabbed one elsewhere years ago and this copy will go well with that and a slab of the same photo used on a magazine cover that ended up on a show promo card. A lot of those who likely weren't collecting back then seem to be interested here as asking prices can be steep -- raw or graded -- for Ferrell stuff.

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

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What's Buzzing: Showing off Superfractors, Juan Soto, Mike Schmidt, NFL chatter, new pulls and more.

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What's Buzzing: Waiting for Bowman, new Star Wars pulls, showing off Superfractors and other big pulls plus plenty more in this Tuesday edition.

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What's Buzzing: Mookie Betts keeps on homering, Shohei Ohtani, Cecil Fielder, new pulls, MLB chatter and "Superfractors are ugly."

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What's Buzzing: LeBron James is changing teams, NFL postseason chatter, new pulls, the college title game and more.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, NFL chatter, Superfractors, off-season baseball, strong college football breaks and more.

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, MLB breaks, collectors' thoughts, NBA legends, Chris Sale and more.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, NFL and college football chatter, Superfractors, cheating Michigan and more.

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What's Buzzing: A breaking question, chewing on a Prizm design detail, NFL and college football chatter and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: NFL and college football chatter, World Baseball Classic cards, Superfractors and more.

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What's Buzzing: Russell Wilson, Bowman Draft Supers NFL Week 17 chatter (at some point soon) and more on their minds in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: New MLB pulls, NFL reactions, Shohei Ohtani, Superfractors and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: Looking back at Flawless NBA over the years, NFL Week 16, The Iron Claw, Bowman Draft Superfractors, Shohei Ohtani and "the call/anti-call brag thread."

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What's Buzzing: Baseball cards that rarely surface, "impossible" non-sports sets, the Superfractor problem, college football free agency and more.

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What's Buzzing: NBA chatter and breaks, the Superfractor problem, NFL chatter, collector thoughts and more.

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If you hadn't noticed, there are a number of boxes with discounted prices right now right here as the new wave of Blowout Cards' Black November sales is here

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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STRIKE NOW ... BIGGEST INK IS REDEMPTION
2022 Topps Heritage High Number Hobby Box & Case
This release being in Black November sales will be one of those things we look back at years from now and wish we had loaded up on it a lot more ... and a part of that sentiment could come as soon as next year. In fact, Oct. 31, 2024, is when the redemptions for Julio Rodriguez's very-in-demand autos in this one expire. Now, you shouldn't expect his ink in every case -- that's a reason it's a $600 card for just the basic version -- but there are a few autos per case and a hit per box here for starters. Atop that, there are inserts and variations all flowing regularly that can have key names attached and easily pay for the box. Beyond that, the base set itself is small so you should land most of the set in every box (or come close) and that means you can stockpile key names here for slabbing or future deals ... or sell them off in lots as timing works for you. Among the rookies? Rodriguez, Spencer Strider, Bobby Witt Jr., Spencer Torkelson, Jeremy Peña and a ton of others. Among the auto Relics? Mike Trout, Matt Olson, Joey Votto. Among the standard autos? Bryce Harper, Witt, Carlton Fisk, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer, Rodriguez, Juan Soto, Votto, Olson, Trout, Nolan Ryan, Ronald Acuña Jr., Steve Carlton and many others. The long-running power of the brand and the relative scarcity (difficulty to pull ink) can make some names big surprises here. There are a lot of formats to consider here but this one is, by far, the one with the biggest potential. Oh, and there are Hot Boxes, too.

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's Buzzing: Collectors remember Dick Butkus, reactions to TacoFractor plans, MLB postseason chatter, NFL Week 5 talk and more.

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What's Buzzing: TacoFractor plans are revealed, MLB postseason chatter, NFL Week 5 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: MLB postseason chatter, NFL Week 5, a new name in AEW, Ronald Acuña Jr., Bowman buyback program means big-money cards 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: The MLB postseason is here, NFL Week 5, Bowman buyback program means big-money cards 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: Bowman buyback program means big-money cards, NFL Week 4, MLB postseason, Tim Wakefield, accomplishments vs. value 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: New pulls, showing off monster money cards, NFL cards, lawsuit chatter and more in this Friday edition.

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What's Buzzing: New MLB pulls, 2023 Topps Chrome, pressure of a big pull, Matt Olson, The National and more.

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Star Wars has a rich history on Topps cardboard reaching back to the beginning in 1977 and we've seen countless releases through the years all highlighting the history and the characters of the saga from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars Chrome Sapphire Edition, for example, revisits the original 1970s cards but in a new way -- a Chromed take on vintage and the original tale -- but there's another brand that's also generating some Lightsaber-worthy heat in a Chromed return of sorts, too. That's Star Wars Chrome Galaxy, which arrived for the first time last year and has a new edition on the way later this month -- one that's already hotter than a Tatooine summer in its pre-sale stage.

Why? Well, last year's mix included powerful stuff such as autographs and Superfractors to go with artwork that's from some past releases as well as new looks at characters throughout the universe -- all in one spot.

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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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