The final Bat City Sports Card Show of 2026 lands at Kenny's Collectibles on Saturday, December 12, and it doubles as Austin's last convenient card-hunting Saturday before Christmas. If you have collectors on your gift list — or a want list of your own you have been putting off — this is the practical date to circle. Vendors know it is the holiday show and tend to bring inventory priced to move rather than priced to sit.
The focus stays on sports cards. Expect MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL singles and lots across the full spectrum: dollar bins and repack boxes, team lots and set-building commons, mid-grade vintage Topps, Bowman, and Fleer, and graded PSA, SGC, BGS, and CGC slabs of vintage stars and modern numbered rookie autographs. Modern product runs deep — Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome prospects, Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, and Mosaic — and by December the NFL and NBA rookie classes have enough of a track record that pricing has stabilized, which makes buying less of a coin flip than it was in October. Central Texas tables lean into Cowboys, Texans, Rangers, Astros, Spurs, Mavericks, Stars, and Longhorns material, and UFC, boxing, and soccer inventory is a steady presence. Side tables often carry Pokemon and other trading card games, and supply vendors stock sleeves, top loaders, one-touch magnetics, semi-rigids, team bags, and storage boxes.
Hours run 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, one day only. Six hours is enough to shop deliberately, take a break, and come back for a second look before close — worth doing in December, when the first thing you spot is rarely the best value in the room.
Admission is free. There is no ticket, no VIP tier, and no age restriction, which makes it easy to bring kids along or stop in for twenty minutes on your way somewhere else.
The venue is Kenny's Collectibles of Austin LLC, 4211 Todd Ln, Austin, TX 78744, in Southeast Austin just east of I-35 near St. Elmo, with free on-site parking and quick access from downtown, South Congress, and the airport corridor. Because the show is hosted inside an established card shop, the store's own showcases and supply inventory are available alongside the visiting vendor tables — genuinely useful when you need gift-ready top loaders or a display case on short notice.
December suits a broad crowd: holiday shoppers looking for gifts at any budget, families with kids who collect, casual collectors closing out the year, and serious buyers who want to inspect condition in person before spending real money. It is also a solid selling window, since multiple dealers in one room means competing offers and December buyers tend to have cash on hand.
A few tips: arrive close to 10:00 AM, because the sharpest holiday-priced material goes early. Bring cash in mixed denominations. Set a firm budget before you walk in and keep a want list with maximum prices — December is the easiest month to overspend. Make one full lap before committing. If you are selling, organize by sport and era first and take at least three offers.
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