January 23, 2013

The Batmobile, Image courtesy Barrett-Jackson
- The original 1966 Batmobile recently sold at auction for $4.62 million.
- Adam West played Batman and went on to play the Mayor of Quahog, RI in the animated television comedy Family Guy.
- Peter and Lois Griffin of Quahog inherit Cherrywood Manor, the Newport mansion of Lois’s wealthy parents the Pewterschmidts.
- Peter bids $100 million for a vase at a “ritzy” fundraising auction held by the Newport Historical Society.
- Peter sells Cherrywood Manor to the Newport Historical Society to cover his bid.