White House sketches Norman Rockwell auction.

The White House Historical Association is hoping to reclaim a series of sketches by American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell that once hung in the West Wing. The sketches show scenes of people anticipating meeting the president as they hang out in the waiting room. The four interrelated sketches were put up for sale by a descendant of the White House official who received them from Rockwell as a gift. They are scheduled to be sold Friday by a Dallas-based auction house. The association wants to return the sketches to the White House collection.