The New Mexico Card Show — August returns to the Marriott Hotel Albuquerque Uptown on Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9, 2026 for the late-summer headliner edition of New Mexico's longest-running dedicated trading-card and memorabilia event. Hosted by Ryan Maxwell at 2101 Louisiana Boulevard NE, this two-day Marriott ballroom show packs together more than 50 vendor tables of sports cards, TCG, Pokémon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, autographed memorabilia, and pop-culture collectibles — and consistently pulls collectors driving in from Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, Belen, Bernalillo, Corrales, Socorro, Grants, Gallup, and across the state line from El Paso, Las Cruces, Farmington, and Durango. Early-August timing drops the show onto the very front of the NFL preseason and the back of the National Sports Collectors Convention afterglow — historically one of the most product-rich and ripe-for-deals times of the entire calendar with dealers returning from the National with fresh inventory.
The vendor floor packs every corner of the trading card hobby. Sports tables stock deep MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, MMA, soccer, and college football inventory across every era — vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Goudey, and pre-war tobacco runs from the early 1900s through the 1980s, junk-wax 1990s monster boxes, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, and premium Topps Dynasty, National Treasures, Flawless, and Immaculate. New Mexico Lobos basketball and football, Albuquerque Isotopes, New Mexico United USL soccer, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Las Vegas Raiders, and Vegas Golden Knights inventory moves consistently. TCG tables stock Pokémon singles and sealed from vintage WOTC Base through modern Scarlet & Violet and Japanese exclusives, Magic: The Gathering Commander and Standard staples, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, Dragon Ball Z Fusion World, Digimon, Star Wars Unlimited, and Flesh and Blood. Locked cases display PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC graded slabs alongside autographed memorabilia, vintage comics, Funko Pops, and hobby supplies.
Doors open Saturday, August 8 from 10:00 AM MDT to 5:00 PM MDT for the main show floor. Sunday, August 9 wraps the weekend from 10:00 AM MDT to 5:00 PM MDT with the deepest dealer-cut deals of the show. General admission is $5 at the door for both days, kids 12 and under admitted completely free with a paying adult. Door-prize raffles run hourly with prizes donated by participating vendors — graded rookie cards, sealed boxes, and Pokémon Elite Trainer Boxes are common giveaways.
The Marriott Hotel Albuquerque Uptown is at 2101 Louisiana Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, in the heart of the Uptown shopping district directly across from ABQ Uptown and Coronado Center with quick access from Interstate 40 at the Louisiana exit. Climate-controlled — critical comfort for an Albuquerque August Saturday — ADA-accessible, and laid out with wide aisles. Free parking is plentiful in the on-site Marriott lot and surrounding shopping-center garages, and the Uptown corridor has dozens of restaurant options within five minutes including Pappadeaux, P.F. Chang's, Yard House, Olive Garden, and the Coronado food court.
This show fits every collector type — first-timers, families, casual fans, modern flippers, breakers, prospect hunters, vintage buyers, and competitive tournament players. For the best experience, arrive at 10:00 AM Saturday sharp for first dibs, bring cash plus Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal backups, and carry a sorted want list. Pack penny sleeves, top loaders, and a hard-sided slab case. Contact Maxwell@NewMexicoCardShow.com or follow @newmexicocardshow on Instagram and Facebook for vendor previews and special-guest announcements.