GUEST: My great-aunt, Savannah Beck, went to Carlisle Indian School in the early 1900s.

She and two of her brothers and a sister and a cousin all attended the school.

As far as I know, she's the only one that graduated, with a degree in practical nursing.

My mother inherited them from Savannah's daughter.

APPRAISER: And you know the Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded around 1879.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And it was basically the first off-reservation boarding school for the Indian kids.

And what you brought here is phenomenal.

I know it's just a small portion of an enormous archive that you have.

The key to this whole setup that we put together, as far as I'm concerned, is, you have her diploma.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And we have a wonderful booklet here, which is the commencement exercises for 1909.

And all of the printing of these booklets was done...

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: ...right there at the school.

GUEST: Right, all of the students did the printing for all of the events on the campus.

APPRAISER: What we have in front of us in these two pictures is an absolute who's who of football history.

This is a 1903 team photo from the Carlisle team.

GUEST: Right, mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Over here on this side, that's a picture of probably the most famous football coach in football history.

That's Pop Warner.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And he coached that team.

And over here on this side, you have a picture of Art Sheldon...

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: ...one of the most famous people in football history, known for the hidden ball trick.

GUEST: Exactly.

APPRAISER: And a photo like this is just incredible.

To top that off, you have a photo here of probably the most famous person ever went to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: It's Jim Thorpe.

Jim Thorpe was probably one of the greatest, not just football players, but athletes in American history.

What's wonderful about this is, it's a phenomenal photo of him.

And to add even more to it, on the back, Jim signed this in 1912.

And that's to Savannah Beck.

GUEST: Savannah Beck.

Yes.

APPRAISER: That's your aunt.

All-American, half-back, 1911.

It's absolutely incredible-- this is a photograph at an early stage of his career...

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: ...autographed by him.

This is something you just never, ever see.

When you try to give an estimate on something like this, it, it's virtually impossible to be real accurate with the quantity of material you have, because every piece has a value.

GUEST: Exactly, yeah.

APPRAISER: And every piece has an historic value.

Easily, I would estimate this, as an archive, at auction, with these two pieces obviously being the centerpiece of that collection, at $15,000 to $25,000, at least.

And I think I'm being quite conservative when I do that, because a Jim Thorpe piece like this could sell for $5,000 to $10,000 by itself.

Rare, rare stuff.

And amazing that it's been kept together for this length of time, I mean, it's just it...

I'm astounded, and I'm really thrilled that you brought it to the ROADSHOW today.

GUEST: Thank you.