Dean's Cards just bought some cool Goudey Baseball Cards

We just bought a very nice collection of mid-1930’s Baseball Cards.  This collection contained 1934 Goudey Baseball Cards, 1936 Goudey Black & White Baseball Cards, 1936 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums, 1934-36 Diamond Stars Baseball Cards, 1934 Goudey Indian Gum Cards, and some 1933-34 National Chicle Sky Birds Cards.



The cards are great by themselves, but what makes this collection so cool is that the actual collector brought in the cards (with a little help from his family).  Even though Dean’s Cards buys close to 1,000 collections a year, all but just a few are sent to us through the mail.

An older gentleman came in with the cards and told us stories from his childhood of buying the cards to get the gum.  He described how big and thick the chunks of gum were and how great it tasted as a kid.  The whole Dean’s Cards gang stopped what they were doing to listen in on the stories. This gentleman walked with the help of a cane and must have been close to ninety, but he almost looked like a kid again as we discussed boyhood heroes, bubble gum and baseball cards.

He then went into stories about Dizzy Dean and the Gashouse Gang. The Cardinals were definitely the most popular team of the era.  His team was the Cleveland Indians and I heard stories about Bob Feller and Lou Boudreau, too.  I can listen to stories like this all day long and into the night!

Days like these are why I got into this hobby.  This is pure Americana! I feel really lucky and blessed to be fortunate enough to play with sports cards every day.  Please check out the video for a look at the cards.

More Collectors Come to Dean's

When collectors contact Dean’s Cards about selling their sets, the e-mails go directly to Dean.  But what most people don't realize is that someone else usually goes through all the cards to determine the value of the collection.

Dean's Cards goal is to have one million cards posted online by the end of the year.  In order to accomplish this goal, we aggressively buy vintage sports cards: nearly 1000 collections a year.  No one pays more and no one is more trustworthy.  The word on how much Dean's Cards pays for collections is getting out!

Evaluating A Collection

At Dean’s Cards, we pride ourselves on both our accuracy and our speediness when bidding on collections.  Our goal is to submit an offer to the seller within two business days after the package arrives at the office.

Please click here for more information about what we buy or to watch Dean’s video on selling your sports card collection.

1957 Topps Football Card Set featured in SCD

My favorite sports cards publication is Sports Collector's Digest. I look forward to SCD's arrival every week.  SCD is a great way for me to keep up with happenings in the hobby because Dean's Cards does not attend card shows.

T.S. O'Connell has featured a different vintage set in every publication of SCD over the past year. I never miss his articles.

Last week, T.S. emailed me to ask if I would like to contribute to his upcoming article on the 1957 Topps Football Card set. I was truly honored by the invitation, so I typed up a few thoughts and e-mailed them to him. Evidently, he was searching the internet for resources when he stumbled upon Dean's Cards and one of my collecting blogs.

T.S. called a few days later and we had a great conversation over the phone. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with such a knowledgeable guy about our hobby.

The 1957 Topps Football article came out in this week's issue of SCD.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did contributing to it.

Click Here to check out SCD's article!

Thanks,

Dean