FRANKLIN, Mass. – A stunning autumn Luminist-style landscape painting attributed to the renowned Hudson River School artist Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823-1900), sold for $38,400 in Woodshed Art Auctions’ internet-only Private Collection Discoveries auction held Dec. 28. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – A select collection of antiques that is representative of Japanese culture through the past four centuries will be offered in a Jasper52 online auction on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Samurai arms and armor are featured for followers and fans of the Japanese Bushido way of life. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Bissell Auto & Body truck repair shop has been a mystery for drivers through St. Louis for years. The phone rings in the nondescript garage business almost every day with someone looking for answers.
“They’re constantly calling about the planes,” owner Dan Bissell told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Behind the beige building, noses from a collection of 26 warplanes and helicopters from the U.S. and Russian military can be spotted from the busy road.
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Illinois State University’s famed Circus Collection just got a lot bigger thanks to a Florida man who has been collecting circus memorabilia for decades.