• Originally published November 7, 2009 at 12:47 a.m., updated November 7, 2009 at 12:52 a.m.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — An Oklahoma museum now owns the most comprehensive collection of items made, used or owned by renowned western artist Charlie Russell.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center sold the collection of more than 13,000 items in September to The Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa.

The items range from drawings and scale models to illustrated letters and a holographic will. Sketchbooks, poems, vintage photographs with celebrities, paintbrushes and palettes, six-guns and leather chaps also are included in the collection, the price of which was not released.

Anne Morand, chief curator for the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, said the institution did not bid on the collection because "it was way beyond what we could afford."

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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com

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