From March 30, 2024 AOL, Chicago Tribune "Wilmington unites to save 'iconic' piece of Route 66 history-- the 30-foot Gemini Giant statue. 'It was pretty crazy' by Rebecca Johnson.
And we all owe a huge thank you to Ryan Jandura of Wilmington, Illinois, and the Joliet Area Historical Museum for saving it.
They were locked into a high-stakes, high-value online auction.
"The item up for grabs-- which eventually sold for $275,000-- wasn't jewelry or a painting. It was a 30-foot statue of an astronaut wearing a helmet and carrying a rocket, a fixture of Route 66 tourism-- that until recently stood in Wilmington since the 1960s.
"For Jandura and others, the Gemini Giant has personal and historic significance, and they didn't want a private collector taking it out of the far southwest suburb."
--RiadThankful
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