The King of Cards Show takes over the Rosewood Commons Conference Center in Pleasanton on Saturday, August 22, 2026, giving Tri-Valley collectors a proper show without a trip over the hills to the Peninsula or down to San Jose. Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, and Danville have a dense, well-funded collector base and comparatively few local events, so the King of Cards dates fill up fast with both dealers and walk-in buyers looking to trade close to home.
The floor covers a broad cross-section of the hobby. Sports dealers bring MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer inventory across all eras — vintage Topps, Bowman, and Fleer from the 1950s through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s runs for set builders, and current Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Contenders, Topps Chrome, Bowman Draft, and Stadium Club rookies and parallels. Bay Area team inventory is a reliable strength: San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and San Jose Sharks material sells steadily, with Sacramento Kings and Las Vegas Raiders following close behind. Higher-end tables display National Treasures, Immaculate, and Flawless alongside PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC graded slabs in locked cases. Trading card game vendors carry Pokémon singles and sealed product from vintage WOTC through current Scarlet and Violet releases, plus Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Super, and Digimon. Additional tables stock autographed memorabilia, signed baseballs and jerseys, comics, Funko Pops, retro video games, and hobby supplies.
The show runs one session on Saturday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific. Admission is a modest walk-up door charge typical of a conference-center show, with children accompanied by an adult generally admitted free; confirm current pricing with the promoter before travelling, as advance ticketing is not always published for this event.
Rosewood Commons Conference Center sits in the Hacienda Business Park area of Pleasanton, just off Interstate 580 and minutes from the I-580 and I-680 interchange. Free on-site parking is plentiful — a substantial advantage over San Francisco venues where parking alone can cost more than admission. The conference space is indoors, climate-controlled, carpeted, and ADA-accessible, with wide aisles and good lighting for inspecting raw cards. Downtown Pleasanton's Main Street, five minutes away, offers a strong lineup of restaurants, cafes, and breweries if you want to extend the day, and the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station is a short drive for anyone coming from Oakland or San Francisco without a car.
This show suits Tri-Valley locals who want a real show close to home, set builders and vintage diggers, families introducing kids to collecting, TCG players restocking singles, and dealers looking to buy raw collections from walk-in sellers.
For the best experience, arrive at 11:00 AM sharp — a six-hour single-day show means the strongest inventory gets picked over in the first two hours. Bring cash in mixed denominations for negotiating, a want list sorted by sport and player, penny sleeves and top loaders for raw pickups, and a box to carry everything. If you are selling, organize your cards by sport and year before you arrive; sorted material consistently draws better offers than a shoebox.