The Holliday Card Show & Collector's Showcase returns to Let's Pickle in Lincoln on Sunday, December 6, 2026, bringing the capital city a dedicated card show at exactly the moment holiday shopping season peaks. From the organizers behind Lincoln's fall showcase at the same venue, the December edition wraps the year with a room built for collectors, gift shoppers, and families looking for something better than another trip to the mall.
Dealer tables cover the full breadth of the hobby. On the sports side, expect baseball, football, and basketball singles from vintage Topps and Bowman through the latest Prizm and Select releases, graded slabs from PSA, BGS, and SGC, autographed cards, memorabilia, and sealed wax boxes ready for gift wrap. Husker cards remain Lincoln's local currency, and December dealers stock accordingly. The TCG tables bring Pokemon singles and sealed product, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, and One Piece — categories that dominate kids' wish lists and that show pricing routinely beats retail on. Supplies like binders, sleeves, and top loaders make practical stocking stuffers, and most dealers can point gift shoppers toward something memorable at any budget.
Doors open at 9:00 AM. Admission details have not been published by the organizer; Lincoln shows at this venue have kept the door either free or minimal, but carry a few extra dollars just in case. The single-Sunday format concentrates everything into one energetic day, so the room tends to be busiest through the morning and steadily deal-friendly after lunch.
Let's Pickle gives this show a setting unlike any hotel ballroom — a modern indoor venue on Lincoln's west side with on-site parking, food and drink available, and regular foot traffic that keeps the atmosphere lively. December in Nebraska makes an indoor, park-close-walk-in venue genuinely valuable, and the casual environment is ideal for shoppers who are buying for a collector rather than collecting themselves.
This show serves families first — kids can spend an allowance on dollar-box singles while parents quietly buy the real gifts two tables away — but it works equally well for serious collectors hunting year-end deals, set builders closing out want lists before January, and sellers converting collections into holiday cash while buying interest is high. Dealers price to move in December; nobody wants to carry inventory into the new year.
A few tips: arrive near the 9:00 AM open for the best selection, especially on graded cards and sealed product, both of which sell through fast in December. Bring cash, keep a want list, and if you are gift shopping, just tell a dealer the recipient's favorite team or game and a budget — hobby dealers are the best personal shoppers in the business. Late afternoon brings the year's best bargaining, when the choice between a discount and repacking for winter gets easy. Check the treasurehunter.show listing for updates before you go, and watch Lincoln collector groups on Facebook for the organizer's vendor previews in the week before the show.
