What: 2016-17 SPx hockey cards
Arrives: Feb. 1, 2017
Box basics: One autograph, one memorabilia and one "technology card" along with one additional type of those cards per four-pack box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: SPx gets a revamp with one card per pack but each box assuring the rundown above as part of a new hockey season with some new features.

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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Flawless breaks, Star Wars cases, NFL & more.

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There's no formal record book, but Honus Wagner and LeBron James are helping write it.

A pair of sports cards set sales records Saturday night in a Goldin Auctions event -- a PSA 5 (MC) copy of Wagner's iconic T206 baseball card and a modern-day Upper Deck creation from King James' rookie year also graded and slabbed by PSA.

"The demand for rare, high-grade vintage cards has exploded so we were confident that there would be some eye-popping results and new record prices established," said Ken Goldin, the founder of Goldin Auctions. "Every time one of these rare collectibles is offered for auction, serious collectors realize that it may be the last time for a long time. The booming market for high-grade rare trading cards, coupled with the limited supply, created the perfect storm for these remarkable prices."

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Buffalo Sabres star Jack Eichel is a Leaf Trading Cards exclusive when it comes to autographs, but the company is giving collectors a chance to get his ink on other company's hockey cards via an upcoming private signing.

According to the company, it's the only way to get non-Leaf cards signed as the former No. 2 pick will not sign them if asked to in-person.

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"Arnie's Army" is in mourning this evening.

Golf icon Arnold Palmer has died at age 87, leaving behind a legendary career and countless fans along with decades of memorabilia and memories. He's heavily credited with helping the sport grow on television, for his personable demeanor, his countless businesses and, of course, his performances against rivals.

“We loved him with a mythic American joy,” his biographer, James Dodson, told GolfWeek. “He represented everything that is great about golf. The friendship, the fellowship, the laughter, the impossibility of golf, the sudden rapture moment that brings you back, a moment that you never forget, that’s Arnold Palmer in spades. He’s the defining figure in golf.”

He won seven majors and 62 tournaments in his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 -- and even that can be found among his trading cards.

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We're just weeks away from the newest Upper Deck hockey brand and the high-end hits in 2016-17 Artifacts appear to make it worth every second of the wait.

The company  has teased some of the inclusions, so keep reading to see what's up.

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What: 2015-16 The Cup hockey cards
Arrives: Oct. 26
Box basics: Two autographed patch cards and more in every six-card tin (three tins per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The Cup returns with another high-end edition that includes big hits for this year's top rookies as well as some big hits for the biggest names of the past.

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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but impressive rips 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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big breaks, Superfractors and the Ben Simmons question.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Who's the NFL's best WR? Also ... big breaks and ripping Rickey.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck Marvel Gems trading cards
Arrives: November (and also on e-Pack).
Box basics: One Gem-Balaya, Diamond Mine, Original Art Sketch or Diamond Cuts card per box (20 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: The next Marvel release from Upper Deck includes a small mix of potent cardboard focusing on the women of the Marvel Universe -- some with diamonds embedded into the cards.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery.

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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 five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: New-product breaks, old-product breaks and a Super Break.

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Upper Deck's next NHL release is nearly here, but the company has offered up a serious amount of preview images to hold us over as well as a final checklist as the days count down before its arrival.

It's 2015-16 Upper Deck Premier and it's set to arrive on Sept. 21.

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Retro is the name of the game in the forthcoming 2016-17 O-Pee-Chee hockey release from Upper Deck, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of modern-day hits that can more than pay for a box of the brand.

And Upper Deck has teased some of those cards that prove that.

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Team Canada will be the sold focus of an upcoming Upper Deck hockey product that appears to be full of patches and other rarities as it celebrates a national pastime.

It's 2016 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors and it's set to arrive on Aug. 31.

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Trilogy hockey cards
Arrives: Jan. 4, 2017
Box basics: Four cards per pack, eight packs per box (10 boxes per case; hits per box were not disclosed)

What's buzz-worthy: Trilogy is back with one of the biggest draws being 33 top rookies each on three different set designs -- that comes along with many of the things collectors have come to expect from the brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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We're less than two weeks away from the arrival of 2015-16 Ultimate Collection from Upper Deck and all of its high-end inclusions that include highly sought-after NHL Shields like the Connor McDavid seen above.

It's not alone in the product.

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Michael Conforto hasn't had the best sophomore season but playing in New York City means there are plenty of collectors who has sought out his cardboard.

But there's a chance many of them have missed a different Conforto that should be found along with their collection of New York Mets cardboard.

It's a 1996 Upper Deck Olympicard of Tracie Ruiz-Conforto -- his mother.

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After another ridiculously dominating run in the pool last night, Michael Phelps claimed the 22nd Olympic gold medal of his career and ran up his medal collection to 26.

It's a mark that's not likely to be touched -- but it's also a mark that can't compare to his number of certified autographs.

Although he's a pricey signature, he's one of the most-prolific Olympians when it comes to autographed cards.

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What: 2016 Upper Deck Marvel's Doctor Strange trading cards
Arrives: Oct. 26
Box basics: One sketch, autograph or "premium insert" card and two memorabilia cards per seven-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The next Marvel movie gets a premium card treatment where every pack includes a one-card "hit" of some type for the film that Marvel hopes will be a new hit franchise. This is also a brand that also will be released as an e-Pack product.

Keep reading for more.

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Via @TRISTAR1: HOFer, 2x AL MVP, 3x All-Star, 3,000 Hit Club Robin Yount at #TRISTAR Autograph Pavilion

Today is the final day of this year's National Sports Collectors Convention inside the Atlantic City Convention center -- the finale after some busy days you can see in a gallery here, can see in a gallery here and also can see in a gallery here.  (Oh and there was plenty of prep and a preview night that you can see here, too.)

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day as the doors have just now opened for everyone.

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The 37th National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and, while Atlantic City, N.J., will be the center of the collecting universe, we have to note that the BlowoutCards.com booth (No. 1,220) will be the epicenter of the show at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Why?

Well, some of those boxes -- and cases -- in our 18 pallets of stuff out on the show floor are part of the largest Blowout giveaways yet in our history at the show. (And show veterans should already know how big they've been in the past ... this time we're stealing the show.)

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Via @paniniamerica: We are here! Set-up has begun for the @nsccshow #NSCC16

The National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and the months of preparation are culminating in the show of all shows for sports collectors the next five days in Atlantic City, N.J.

There will be plenty to see, plenty to do and plenty to buy and Buzz has been watching the developments the whole way. We'll have galleries of images from the show floor and a few nuggets here and there in the coming days but there's already been plenty written leading up to the show that you can all find right here.

Here's a rundown of all past NSCC stories here on The Buzz ...

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What: 2016-17 Upper Deck Black Diamond hockey cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: Five cards per Black Diamond pack along with one Exquisite pack per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Black Diamond is back once again as a high-end brand with just five cards per pack with a one-card Exquisite pack inside each box as well. Exquisite will be released within other brands throughout the 2016-17 season.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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When 2015-16 Upper Deck Portfolio arrives in hobby shops on Aug. 17, collectors will find some surprises when they dig in with cards of stars from the past, present and future in play.

Yep, that means there are cards for rookies from the 2016-17 rookie class -- a crop led by Toronto's late-season call-up William Nylander -- found inside along with an impressive array of memorabilia, ink and more in this otherwise redemption-free product.

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