The Search Is On

Well the search is now on. As I mentioned in my last posting, in my project of converting my three dollars worth of aluminum cans in to unknown fortune, I came across a book from 1923. In the back of the book I discovered two advertising pieces from the 20's featuring Chicago Bears running back Red Grange. They are displayed here on the blog. I searched the internet and came across a website devoted to vintage sports memorabilia. I emailed the site's administrator, Mr Leon Luckey. He responded with a very nice email and indicated that he had submitted my request for information to the vintage football forum that he operates. He assures me that one of the members of his forum will have information on this unique find. If you would like to go to the forum to follow the progress in our search you can do so here:http://www.network54.com/Forum/579393/. You can also visit Leon's website at: http://luckeycards.com/. It will be interesting to see where our search takes us.

In other matters, the Roger Staubach Monday Night Football Computerized Game from 1972 is doing well on Ebay. The bidding is now up to $9.38 with two days to go. That auction can be viewed by going to the Ebay search box at the bottom of the page and typing in item #260316712048. It will be fun to see where that auction ends.

In my other auction, the 1923 Student Edition of George Eliot's "Mill on the Floss" and homework manuscript, there are no takers. As I mentioned previously, I think I may have listed it in the wrong category on Ebay. If there are no takers, I will definitely re list it. If you would like to view that auction, you can go to Ebay search box and type in item #260316984205. An interesting side note is that I notice that the Staubach piece has had over three times as many hits as has the 1923 Book. 38-11. Just a note for those who like to keep score.

Tonight is Fri night. Auction night for us. Several nice auctions on the list, but with Christmas rapidly approaching you can really get bogged down in the Christmas junk and not ever get to the nice little gems that I like to look for. Tomorrow I will let you know how things went. I will work under the assumption that the bidders on Ebay are good for the money and put $9 into the budget for this auction. I won't presume to be as lucky as last week, but we shall see. Check in tomorrow and see what kind of goodies may be available.