Football memorabilia?

When I started my project last week to turn my $3 worth of aluminum cans into cash by visiting auctions, Ebay, yard sales and flea markets I had no idea where the journey would take me and what I might find. I hoped to find something interesting that could be turned to cash. I had no idea that I would run across so many interesting pieces in such a short time. I was able to pickup a vintage Roger Staubach Monday Night Football Computerized Game which is now listed on Ebay and has a bid of $6.50. I also found a 1923 student edition of George Eliot's "Mill on the Floss". In the book I discovered a homework assignment by the young man the book was presented to, Clarence Jacobs. A home work Assignment for History IV class apparently mistakenly left in his literature book and never turned in to be graded. It was an interesting find that is also posted on Ebay. There are no bids and it may be because it is listed in the wrong category but we will see as the listing has another four days remaining. However, what I have not yet revealed is that there was something else found in the book.
Toward the back of the book I discovered what was probably being used as a book mark. Two small pieces of paper featuring the picture of Chicago Bears running back Red Grange. The backs of the pictures revealed that they were advertising promotional pieces for the Shotwell Candy Company. They were numbers 2 and 11 of a 12 piece collection of these pictures. The backs also indicated that an autographed 11x14 autographed picture of Red Grange suitable for framing could be acquired by sending 40 cents in stamps, or an album of the twelve pictures and the story of his famous football career could be acquired for 35 cents in stamps. I've done some research and have discovered that back in the 20's the Shotwell Candy Company was active in the early sports image efforts to promote their products. You can find the pictures posted on today's blog. They will not be listed on Ebay until I have further information about them. Having been a memorabilia collector over the years, I was a little amazed that I had not seen these pieces before. I will be contacting memorabilia collectors to find their value, but I have the feeling I may search for years and not stumble across a find like this. I will definitely keep you posted as things develop. I will close today by cautioning again to make sure when you are looking at books you look through the books not just at the cover. You really "can't tell a book by it's cover".