Dean's Dugout has been Dean and Marilyn Bapes's shop since 1991, inside the Old Farm Marketplace on South Washington Street. Thirty-five years in the western suburbs, and the thing people say about it is consistent enough to be worth repeating: honest guidance rather than hard sells.
That specifically means walking newer collectors through what their cards are actually worth and what is worth chasing next — including when the answer is "less than you hoped". A shop that tells you that keeps you as a customer for decades. It is why the shop is the first name mentioned when anyone in Naperville asks where to sell.
Beyond the counter it has hosted autograph signings, card shows, gaming tournaments and birthday parties, and tabletop and RPG games share the floor with the card cases. Sports is the soul of it — boxes, packs and deep singles across baseball, football and basketball, with memorabilia and autographed pieces accumulated over three decades.
Closed Mondays, open the rest of the week.
