Andrew over at PuppetVision wrote about the Detroit Institute of Art and it's puppetry collection. http://puppetvision.info/2013/07/will-an-important-puppetry-collection-by-lost-to-detroits-bankruptcy.html

CNN even had some things to say about it. http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/18/us/michigan-detroit-howdy-doody 

It is kind of interesting what the  Detroit News had to say about it. http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130718/METRO01/307180040/Howdy-Doody-may-test-limits-protecting-Detroit-assets

The custody fight proved that a promise to the DIA is taken seriously, even when it involves a TV mannequin that’s more Michaels craft store than Michelangelo.

That was from the author of the article Laura Berman.

It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.