The Schaumburg Card Show returns to the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg on Sunday, July 12, 2026 for the July edition of Chicagoland's most reliable monthly Sunday card show. July's edition lands two weeks before the National Sports Collectors Convention opens in Rosemont, which makes the show one of the best pre-National tune-up stops on the Chicagoland calendar — dealers are warming up inventory, prices reflect a market that is about to peak, and many serious collectors use the July Schaumburg show to scout dealer relationships they will continue at the National.
The vendor floor is deep across both sports cards and TCG. Sports tables stock MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, UFC, boxing, and soccer across every era — vintage Topps, Bowman, Fleer, and pre-war inventory through 1980s and 1990s wax, and modern Panini Prizm, Donruss Optic, Select, Mosaic, Topps Chrome, and Bowman Chrome rookies and prospects. Mid-July baseball-card velocity is notably high at this show — the All-Star break window typically sits inside this seven-day stretch and rookie-card speculation is at a 12-month peak. Chicago Cubs and White Sox inventory moves at a particularly fast clip. Trading card games are well represented — Pokemon singles and sealed product across the Scarlet & Violet era, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece TCG, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball Z Fusion World all get table space. Graded PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC slabs fill locked cases at the higher-end tables. Sealed wax, memorabilia, autographs, Funko Pops, comics, and supplies like sleeves, top loaders, and binders round out the room.
Show hours run 8:00 AM CDT to 2:00 PM CDT on Sunday, July 12 — the standard early-open Sunday-morning window. Admission is a modest door fee (recently in the $5 range) with kids 12 and under typically admitted free with a paying adult. The 8:00 AM door open continues to be a defining feature of this show — collectors who arrive at 8:00 AM sharp consistently land the freshest tables and the most dealer-friendly pricing of the day.
The Hyatt Regency Schaumburg sits at 1800 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173, just off I-290 / IL-53 and a short drive from I-90, with on-site parking and a full hotel restaurant for an easy pre-show breakfast or post-show lunch. The hotel pulls collectors from Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows, Streamwood, Bartlett, Elgin, Naperville, Aurora, and the broader Chicagoland market.
Who should attend? July's Schaumburg show is built for the northwest-suburb collector base — families with kids, first-timers, set builders, vintage diggers, modern flippers, slab hunters, prospect chasers, and Pokemon and TCG fans. It is also one of the best pre-National Sunday stops on the calendar for serious collectors who want to scout dealer relationships, warm up their want lists, and pace themselves toward the late-July National in Rosemont.
To get the most out of the day, arrive close to the 8:00 AM open for first crack at fresh inventory, walk the full room once before pulling the trigger on a big buy, and carry a sorted want list with target prices. Bring cash for the quickest transactions (Venmo and Zelle as backups), pack a slab case and a few extra top loaders for pickups, and bring a trade binder if you like to deal. Follow the operator on Facebook and Instagram and check tradinstuff.com for the latest schedule and any week-of updates.