White House Historical Association reclaims Rockwell sketches for $5.8 million at auction

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association has reclaimed a series of sketches by American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with a whopping winning bid of $5.8 million at auction on Friday. The four 1940s-era sketches titled “So You Want to See the President!” were displayed in the West Wing for years, but were removed in 2022 after a family dispute over who owned them. The sketches show a variety of people — journalists, military officers and even a Miss America Pageant