Max Collectibles

Family-run University Drive shop trading old and new sports cards, coins and Pokemon — a small counter that opens at 11:30 five days a week.

Max Collectibles, also known around Fargo as Cards and Coins, works a corner of the University Drive retail strip in suite 103 and runs on a family-business model: one counter, a manageable floor, and a mix of sports cards, memorabilia, Pokemon and coins that reflects what people in town actually bring in to sell.

The inventory range is the reason to stop. Old and new sports trading cards sit together, so a visit might turn up a 1980s baseball run in one box and current-year football wax on the shelf above. Pokemon product has a real presence here too, which is less common among Fargo's sports-first shops. Coins and memorabilia fill out the cases for collectors who cross categories.

This is a small operation and the Google footprint reflects it — 3.7 stars across just three reviews, far too few to read as a judgment on the shop. Treat it as an under-the-radar stop rather than a rated destination. Small shops with modest walk-in traffic are frequently where the interesting raw cards have not been picked over yet, and that is the case to make for Max.

Hours run 11:30AM to 6:30PM Monday through Friday, with a shorter Saturday window from 10AM to 3PM, and closed Sunday. The late-morning open is worth noting: showing up at 10AM on a weekday means standing outside. University Drive parking is easy, and the location sits under a mile from West Acres, so it slots naturally into a Fargo card shop loop with JWW.

If you are selling rather than buying, call 701-960-9570 first. A shop this size takes collections on a case-by-case basis, and a conversation ahead of time saves everyone a trip. For collectors who like the hunt more than the showroom, it is the kind of Fargo card shop worth checking every few months to see what has come through the door.