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Felix the Cat, Kurt Russell’s Pickup and More Fresh News

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Felix the Cat tin litho windup toy. Mosby & Co. Auctions image
Felix the Cat tin litho windup toy. Mosby & Co. Auctions image

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • Cartoon character Felix the Cat has been a staple of Logansport, Indiana, since 1926. He’s even the mascot of the local high school sports teams [Read more from the Pharos-Tribune]
  • Movie buffs remember Kurt Russell playing a murderous road warrior in Mike in Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 film Death Proof. A 1986 Chevrolet Silverado pickup owned by Kurt Russell will be sold at auction by Barrett-Jackson.  [Read more from GM Authority]
  • Some of China’s treasured imperial artifacts from Beijing’s Palace Museum will go on permanent display in a new museum in Hong Kong. The museum, costing $451 million, will be built as part of the colossal West Kowloon Cultural District.  [Read more from the New York Times]
  • The Yankee Air Museum in Michigan, is saluting Rosie the Riveter. Next week at the former Willow Run bomber plant historian Donnaleen Lanktree will share many “Rosie” stories she has chronicled.  [Read more from Craine’s Detroit Business]

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