Teapot collector changes deal

A wealthy art collector from Los Angeles said this month that he has pulled out of a commitment to exclusively display his eclectic collection of teapots at a museum in Sparta intended for them.
The Sparta Teapot Museum has raised $4.2 million, including more than $1 million of federal and state money, to draw tourists to a region hard-hit by manufacturing losses.
Now organizers say that even with the loss of the teapot collection they don’t intend to return any of the money they have raised.
Full story by Sherry Youngquist