Chicago Non-Sport Card & TCG Show

October 17th & 18th

Holiday Inn and Suites
150 South Gary Avenue
Carol Stream, IL 60188

Friday 3 pm -8 pm
Saturday 9 am - 3 pm

Free admisisson and free parking

Door Prizes each day at the show.

Many of the vendors from the spring show will be attending. There is a posting for the show on facebook. I look forward to seeing the vendors, collectors and traders who have been at previous shows.

Steve

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Now is a great time to make card requests.

Anybody looking for RARE, RARE, and I mean RARE... sealed boxes and packs?

Check out my WANT posts on the Trading page./

Roll Call!!!
Who is planning to attend?

I am planning on being there. My son is going to come along as well. Looking forward to it.

Many of the same vendors will be at the show that were there in the spring. I'll post vendors here as I confirm with them.

XVADER Cards will be there.

Here is what Xvader specializes in:


Vintage singles, sets and near sets.
Like Lost in Space, Three Stooges, Star Trek 67 & 76, Space, Outer Limits, Gilligan's Island, Addams Family, Munsters, Brady Bunch, Zorro, Batman, War/Battle, Marvel, Look & See, Mars Attacks, Bond, Green Hornet, and many more.
Several #1's and Graded.
Modern 1/1's, autos, relics, sketches, printing plates, and promos. Sealed boxes and blasters. Some high end and rare. Comics.

Dave Hartmann will be setting up at the show.

Cards and more here. Dave will have a nice mix of cards and other collectibles. Be sure to check out his table.

Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation

Paul Maiellaro will have a table set up next to the entry door to benefit the Treasure Chest foundation. Paul will have a great selection of cards and other items. Paul will also be accepting toy donations.

Looky Here will be setting up at the Chicago Show

Bill will be there with a great selection of new and old cards, action figures and other collectibles.

The card show is less than 2 weeks away. Here are some more vendors:

K&J Non-Sport Cards
Specializing in sketch and autograph cards, K&J also carries all new releases from boxes to single cards


Bryan's Cards
Bryan will bring a wide selection of cards. New cards, older cards, hard to find collectibles all show up on his table. Bring your lists and check out this show's selection.

Also expect to bring some very very rare...
2009 Sponge Bob series 1 sponge cards and chase
2009 Sponge Bob series 2 sealed packs
2007 Halo blaster and chase
and lots more.

Now is the time to make any special request.

See you there soon.

We are one week away from the show!

I will be bringing 2 binders of promo cards to sell. The cards will mostly be from Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Doctor Who, American Horror Story, Marvel & DC, Penny Dreadful, McDonald's, The Three Stooges, Sidekick, Houdini, Cryptkins, Wizard of Oz, and more.

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The 2025 Fall has come and gone, and it was poorly attended by collectors and vendors. Last Spring we had many Pokemon vendors, this time only one or two. We had many empty tables and aisles were open.
But the hardcore collectors were there, some, like LovesMeSomeCards, had set up large displays of singles and xTime, as always, had a large array of old and new cards. I had worked out a pre-show deal with him and got some Look 'n See, Battlestar Gallactica Stickers and more.
Other dealers include Brian Schemine, Bill and Celeste from Looky Here Cards and Kevin from K&J Cards.
So good stuff was there. Paul Maiellairo had set in the hall with lots of singles, well organized too. I got 2 Treasure Chest of Art sketches from him - a nice color portrait of an angry Anikin by Allen Michael N. Cenota and a beautiful pencil drawing of a girl by pin-up artist Dave Nestler.
The next show is May 1 and 2, and will be under new management, so hopefully no more anemic shows like this one. But even so, it's good to see everyone!

Thanks for the report, Don.

I'd love to see a scan of your Treasure Chest sketches if you have one. The Nestler sounds really cool.

Any idea who the new management is on the show?

Glad to hear it will continue.

Hi Jon, the Nestler is very nice, my scanner is out, but you are familiar with Nestler's work, he had a card set a few years back. Paul said he only did a couple of sketches for the Treasure Chest. There are still stacks of nice sketches left.
As to the show, Brian Schemine will be taking over. After the show Friday they talked over some ideas for future shows, so they already have a plan forming.

It was great seeing everybody.

For me, the show was normal Friday, even a little better, and Saturday was also OK till lunch. Suddenly, a noticeable drop in the crowd. Thanks to all our loyal friends.
Wish there had been more dealers. The show still had plenty of cards. At least 4-5 dealers offered base and chase cheap. Prices ran 10 cents to $1 each. Even found some sets for $1-5 each. I took home four shoe boxes full.

Thanks to Kevin for leading the past few years, and for his continued support.

Yes, Brian has agreed to lead. Friday dinner there was a very fruitful discussion about the future. Looking forward to what Brian will bring to the May 1-2 show. Expect changes. Stay tuned.

However bad you may feel it is at least you still have the shows. In the UK we have lost all the shows and fairs that dealt with non sports, all the big shows now are gaming and cosplay.

There are large shows being advertised all the time as card collector shows, many within reach of me but by card collecting they mean Pokemon, Magic, etc, there would be zero non sports cards.