{"id":336557,"date":"2026-06-15T01:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336557\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:56:12","slug":"texas-card-show-attracts-fans-to-abilene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336557\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Card Show attracts fans to Abilene"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABILENE, Texas \u2014 The Texas Card Show’s Abilene Summer Bash concluded on Sunday evening at the Mesquite Event Center, marking the end of a two-day event that welcomed collectors from across the state. The show featured sports cards, Pok\u00e9mon collectibles, and a wide range of vendor tables. Throughout the weekend, attendees engaged in buying, selling, and trading cards while connecting with fellow fans.<\/p>\n

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The Texas Card Show’s Abilene Summer Bash concluded on Sunday evening (KTXS\/Briannagh Dennehy).<\/p>\n

According to vendor Logan Kennedy, his enthusiasm for the hobby is largely fueled by the relationships he\u2019s formed within the collecting community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just fun to be around the people within this community and talk about some of the cards,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a great place for us to talk about our highs and lows within the hobby as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The event took place at the Mesquite Event Center (KTXS\/Briannagh Dennehy).<\/p>\n

Kennedy also described his collection, pointing to sports cards as a way to feel more connected to the players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sell a mix of Pok\u00e9mon cards and sports cards. When it comes to sports cards, I typically sell basketball and football cards,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cSports cards give me a good reason to watch the players and follow them more closely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The two-day event welcomed collectors from across the community (KTXS\/Briannagh Dennehy).<\/p>\n

He added that his personal collection is influenced by his favorite players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally like to collect cards of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are some other players that I like to collect cards of too, but I\u2019m always looking out for cards of Shai. He\u2019s one of my favorite players when it comes to collecting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABILENE, Texas \u2014 The Texas Card Show’s Abilene Summer Bash concluded on Sunday evening at the Mesquite Event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-336557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}