The Magnolia Sports Cards Show closes its 2026 run at Tupelo Furniture Market Building 4 on Saturday, December 5, 2026. Scott Glasgow's series has built a loyal northeast Mississippi following over the years, and the December date functions as both the year's last show and an informal holiday market for the region's collectors. Tupelo itself adds something to the trip — Elvis Presley's birthplace, a walkable downtown, and a genuine small-city Christmas atmosphere in early December that makes this an easy pitch to family members who do not collect.
About forty vendor tables fill the hall, and the emphasis is squarely on sports cards and memorabilia. Baseball anchors the floor with vintage Topps and Bowman from the 1950s through the 1970s, affordable 1980s and 1990s wax-era boxes, and modern Topps Chrome, Bowman prospect product, and Panini releases. Football tables run heavy on Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Alabama, LSU, and Tennessee across vintage and modern Prizm, Optic, Select, Mosaic, and Contenders — well timed for bowl season conversation. Basketball covers Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis Tigers, and national stars, and NHL, UFC, boxing, soccer, and racing all get real representation. Autographed memorabilia is a highlight, with signed balls, photographs, and framed display pieces that work well as gifts. Locked cases hold PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC graded slabs at a range of price points. A portion of the floor carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, and Disney Lorcana singles and sealed product for TCG collectors and for parents shopping December lists.
Hours run 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM CDT — six hours, single day. Admission is listed as free by the card show directories, with one aggregator flagging pricing as unconfirmed, so carry a few dollars just in case. Children are welcome and the show is explicitly family-friendly; Magnolia's dealers have a well-earned reputation for taking time with young collectors and often sending them home with a free pack or a handful of commons.
Tupelo Furniture Market Building 4 is at 1879 North Coley Road, Tupelo, MS 38801. The venue is a proper exhibition hall with high ceilings and wide aisles, a very large free parking lot, and easy loading access for anyone bringing a collection to sell or a table to set. From Memphis it is roughly an hour and forty-five minutes southeast via Highway 78 and Interstate 22.
Come for the vintage baseball, the autographed pieces, the Elvis-adjacent memorabilia that turns up nowhere else, and — in December specifically — the gift shopping. Bring cash in mixed denominations, since a smaller-town show has more cash-preferring tables than a metro event, plus Venmo or Zelle as backup. Carry a want list sorted by sport and player, penny sleeves, top loaders, and a hard slab case. Arrive at 9:00 AM for the freshest tables and hold your larger negotiations for the final hour before tear-down. Reach out to the organizer through the show listing to confirm table availability and admission ahead of the drive.
