The SA Card and Collectibles Show closes out October with a Halloween-day edition at the Hermann Sons Building, and the timing gives this one a character the organizer's other dates do not have. Landing on October 31 means a daytime show that wraps well before evening plans, and in practice it draws a looser, more social crowd — costumes turn up, dealers get into the spirit, and the room feels more like a hobby gathering than a pure buy-sell floor.
Inventory follows the show's usual formula of sports cards, comics, toys and TCGs under one roof. Sports dealers bring baseball, basketball, football and hockey singles across every era, plus team boxes, rookies, inserts, autographs and graded slabs. Pokemon tables are consistently present, joined by Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece. The comic and toy vendors are a genuine part of the draw here rather than an afterthought, which fits a Halloween date particularly well — horror comics, vintage monster toys and pop-culture oddities tend to get pulled to the front of cases on this weekend.
Hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, one day only. Six hours goes fast at a show where you want to talk to sellers, so treat the schedule seriously. Dealers finish setup right at opening, and the first pass through the room is where the freshest material is still on the table.
The Hermann Sons Building offers free surface parking and a straightforward single-room layout, which makes it one of the easier San Antonio venues to work efficiently. The organizer's listed contact address is 8986 Huebner Road on the northwest side; call (512) 784-8954 or check sacardshow.com for current door pricing, which at this show has historically been low or free.
The audience skews local and friendly. It is a good first show for someone who has only bought cards online, because the scale is manageable and vendors have the bandwidth to explain why one copy of a card is worth three times another. Families with kids in Halloween costumes fit right in. Casual collectors can clear the whole floor twice. And for serious buyers, a smaller recurring room is where you get known — dealers who see you monthly start setting aside material that matches what you chase.
Tips specific to this date: come early, because a Halloween-afternoon show empties out sooner than a normal Saturday as families head off to evening plans. Bring cash in small bills. Bring sleeves and top-loaders for anything you buy raw. If you are hunting the comic and toy side, ask sellers what they did not put out — Halloween-themed inventory often sits in a box behind the table rather than on it. And if you are selling, this is a good date to bring horror, monster and vintage non-sport material, which will find a more motivated audience today than it would in June.
For the current flier, table availability and confirmation of hours, visit sacardshow.com or follow SA Card Show on Facebook, where the organizer posts each show's flier in the weeks beforehand.