Baseball Cards

In 2002, Dean founded Dean's Cards in his basement in Cincinnati, OH. Using industry experience in marketing and software sales, Dean turned his life-long hobby of collecting baseball cards into a dream job. The company hit the ground running and has remained Dean's full-time gig ever since, now boasting an inventory of over one million vintage cards. Dean is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards and is the author of two books: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. He credits the company's success to top-line service and the constant integration of advanced technology with an old hobby.

Michelle Wall

Purchasing Manager

Michelle corresponds with sellers of vintage sports card collections regularly, working closely with Dean to acquire hundreds of private collections per year. Michelle has also built more vintage sets than any other woman on the planet (according to Dean) and manages the virtual construction of the more than 20,000 sets available online. She oversees the maintenance of all set types including complete sets, near complete sets, starter sets, team sets, and even custom built sets.

Dean's Cards maintains a staff of about 15 employees with an online inventory of over one million vintage baseball, football, basketball, and other trading cards. With the largest company-owned inventory of vintage baseball cards in the world, Dean's Cards buys and sells more vintage sports cards than anyone else in the industry. As the number of incoming collections grows each year, Dean leans on his talented team to keep the collections flowing and maintain the high level of service he insists on providing.