San Antonio’s oldest sports cards store gets a new owner — and a new name By René Guzman, Staff Writer

DiPietro caught the card-collecting bug in 1958 whereas rising up on the town’s West Facet, accumulating bottles in a purple wagon along with his brother to money in for cash to purchase baseball playing cards. Within the early Nineteen Eighties, DiPietro turned his childhood interest right into a burgeoning card present enterprise. Then in 1992, he opened his brick-and-mortar retailer.

Through the years, DiPietro has seen sports activities card accumulating shift from the hunt for uncommon outdated playing cards to uncommon new playing cards, however the thrill of the hunt stays the identical for older and youthful collectors alike.

“Immediately everyone desires the heroes of in the present day, however in uncommon playing cards, these one-of-one playing cards,” DiPietro mentioned. “We’re each searching for one thing uncommon. Everyone is out searching for one thing to purchase that no one else has.”

Sports activities Playing cards Plus might get a brand new identify however it’s going to persist with its family-run roots. The store will retain DiPietro’s son and longtime associate, Jeff DiPietro, in addition to his grandson Jordan Correa and granddaughter Elizabeth Riddle behind the counter.

As for Charlie DiPietro, he leaves the buying and selling playing cards enterprise with numerous recollections and several other private collectibles.