The Sports Cards & Collectible Show finishes its 2026 run at American Legion Post 230 in Martinsville on Sunday, December 13, 2026. This is the last show on the Morgan County calendar before the holidays, and it has the character of a small-town Sunday gathering as much as a marketplace — dealers who have shared this room all year, regulars swapping stories, and a steady trickle of parents and grandparents who show up once a year to buy something for a kid. It is one of the more pleasant Sundays in central Indiana collecting.
Baseball leads by volume, with monster boxes of 1960s through 1980s Topps plus Bowman, Fleer, Donruss and Score, and the regional and food-issue oddballs that rarely reach metro shows. Basketball is at seasonal peak and remains this show's distinguishing strength — vintage Pacers, IU, Purdue and Butler material, Indiana high school programs and memorabilia, and modern rookies in Prizm, Optic, Select and Donruss. Football brings Colts inventory, vintage NFL and Notre Dame product at maximum seasonal interest. Hockey, soccer, UFC, boxing and racing appear in smaller quantity at fair prices. Trading card game tables cover Pokemon reliably with Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! typically present, which makes this a workable gift-shopping stop. Graded slabs from PSA, SGC, BGS and CGC fill locked cases, and comics, coins, autographed memorabilia, Funko Pops and hobby supplies complete the floor. The dollar and quarter bins remain the real draw — genuinely unpicked and restocked for December.
Hours are 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern. Admission is free, parking in the legion lot is free, and kids attend free. The pace is unhurried and the room is welcoming, which makes it an easy show for a first-timer or for bringing a child along.
American Legion Post 230 is at 701 East Morgan Street, Martinsville, IN 46151, on State Road 252 just off State Road 37 — roughly forty minutes from downtown Indianapolis, thirty from Greenwood and thirty from Bloomington. The hall is single-level and heated with a free lot immediately outside. Morgan Street has several local restaurants, and three card and comic shops sit within a few blocks of the venue, which makes a December Sunday down here worth building a half-day around.
The show is built for vintage hunters, set builders, bargain diggers and gift shoppers who want something more interesting than a retail blaster. It also functions as a strong selling venue — dealers actively buy, and December is when local sellers most often bring collections through the door looking to convert cards to cash before the holidays. If you want to buy a collection, this is a good room to be in.
For the December date, arrive at 9:00 AM before the Indianapolis contingent turns up around ten. Bring cash and more than you plan to spend, since pre-holiday shows are exactly when an unexpected lot walks in and there is no ATM in the building. Carry penny sleeves, top loaders, a carrying box and a want list. Ask what is unpriced or still out in the car. Contact Tom at 812-369-0824 or Chuck at 317-902-1559 for tables and 2027 dates.