When I said limited audience I was referring to the lack of sophistication of certain buyers right now in this crazy economy. They are buying names and not necessarily paying attention to the art itself.
Would I appreciate the painting? Absolutely! But I am an art dealer for forty years and have sold this type material over and over. Wish I had sold this one. It brought $15 million.
Of course I don’t know, but would strongly suspect that BSA would want it for their gallery. They might not have the money but have wealthy benefactors that do.
I visited the gallery and was blown away. There they were, the Rockwell paintings reproduced on the calendars, the magazine covers and all the places where the paintings were and are used to promote scouting.
http://www.bsamuseum.org/Exhibitions/Rockwell.aspx
I have on my office wall a copy of one of his works that appeared on the cover of the Associated General Contractors magazine. I had an artist in Manila copy it for me.