Overview
- Heritage Auctions opened bidding in Dallas at $2.5 million, with estimates of $4 million to $6 million.
- The auction house says clients are ready to compete for the one-of-a-kind four-panel narrative, So You Want to See the President!
- The White House Historical Association relies on private donations and has previously paid at most $1.5 million for a painting.
- Rockwell gave the drawings to FDR press secretary Stephen Early, and they hung in the West Wing from 1978 until their return in 2022.
- A federal appeals court in May upheld ownership for descendant William Elam III, enabling the family to consign the works.