The SA Card and Collectibles Show opens October at the Hermann Sons Building with a single-day, one-room format that San Antonio collectors have come to rely on for a quick, high-signal hunt. This is the first of two October dates from the same organizer, and the early-month slot tends to catch dealers restocked from the busy late-summer show season, which usually means fresh inventory hitting the tables rather than the leftovers of a long circuit.
The floor leans classic card show rather than convention. Expect sports card dealers with baseball, basketball, football and hockey singles, team boxes, rookie cards, inserts, autographs and graded slabs, plus a healthy supply of vintage for collectors chasing older sets. Pokemon is reliably represented, with Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece sellers filling out the trading card game side. The show also carries comics, toys and general collectibles, which is what separates it from a cards-only room and makes it an easy stop for a household where not everyone collects the same thing.
Hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, October 3 — one day only, six hours, no multi-day pacing. That compressed window is worth planning around: dealers set up early and the strongest deals typically move in the first ninety minutes and again in the last half hour as sellers trim what they would rather not pack.
The Hermann Sons Building is a long-standing San Antonio hall with free surface parking, and the organizer lists 8986 Huebner Road as its contact address on the northwest side. Admission has historically run low or free at this show; confirm the current door price by calling the organizer at (512) 784-8954 or checking sacardshow.com before you drive out.
The crowd is a good mix. First-timers find the smaller room far less intimidating than a 900-table convention, and vendors at a show this size generally have time to actually talk through condition, grading and pricing rather than rushing a transaction. Casual collectors can work the whole floor twice in an afternoon. Serious buyers come because a tight room with regular dealers is where relationships get built, and those relationships are what surface the good stuff before it ever hits a table.
A few tips. Show up at 10:00 AM rather than noon; a six-hour show rewards early arrival more than a two-day show does. Bring cash in small bills, because the negotiating margin on a fifty-dollar card is real and sellers appreciate not eating processing fees. Bring a want list and top-loaders. If you are selling or trading, organize your material before you arrive and be realistic about pricing — dealers at local shows buy constantly, but they buy at buy prices.
Follow SA Card Show on Facebook or visit sacardshow.com for the current flier, vendor table availability and any last-minute schedule notes. The organizer posts show fliers ahead of each date, which is the fastest way to confirm hours before heading out.