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1965 NASA Test Robot To Be Auctioned, Jeeps Elevated To Status Symbols, and More Fresh News

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
NASA 1965 life-size mechanical spacesuit test robot. Image courtesy of RR Auction
NASA 1965 life-size mechanical spacesuit test robot. Image courtesy of RR Auction

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • A creepy, life-size robot made in the 1960s to test spacesuits for astronauts is headed to auction. It weighs 230 lbs. and can simulate 35 human movements. [Read more from Popular Mechanics]
  • Owners of vintage Jeeps love the nostalgia associated with the hardy World War II-era warhorses, but in some ritzy enclaves, they’ve become status symbols. [Read more from the Associated Press via The News-Herald]
  • In increasing numbers, museum veterans are leaving to apply their talents to the commercial sector. But why?  [Read more from The Art Newspaper]
  • Christie’s is raising its buyer’s premiums effective Sept. 19, but never fear, oenophiles, wine sales are excepted from the increase. [Read more from Art Market Monitor]

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