[stasman]

I recently ran into the owner of Able Refuse Removal Service (Chicago, Ill), why is this interesting, WELL, a while back, Diana Ditka (Mike's wife) contaced his service to clean out their basement when Mike accepted the Saints head coach job. Diana told him to remove everything from the basement. After this guy cleaned out the basement, he returned to his shop and started looking over what he had legally removed. It was a ton of old Ditka memorabilia, game worn sweaters, helmets, plaques, video's etc. He then contacted a auction house who was very interested in his find. One cool item he had was the actual "play sheet" that Ditka carried on the sideline during the Superbowl. The auction company bought his items and listed them in their auction book (which I have and includes the story of how he obtained the items). The items sold for alot of money. He then showed me several items he DID NOT sell and 1 of them was Ditkas personal handwritten telephone book that contains the names and addresses of players (many HOFers), coaches, owners and family members. My favorite entry was WALTER PAYTON in South Barrington, Illinois . What a cool item, I had to have it. After some wheeling and dealing I purchased the telephone book and a Ditka award plaque that hung in his basement. Very cool stuff.....I just thought this was a cool story to share.....Now, do I sell this very unique Ditka item or keep it displayed...what do you think???