Norman Rockwell Illustration Squeaks on to Top Ten Art Auctions List

For the most part, the year’s top ten art auctions compiled by Bloomberg News reporters Katya Kazakina and Scott Reyburn conjure up visions of a world we keyboard-stained wretches can only dream of. A realm where for example London-based jeweler Laurence Graff, as a “birthday gift to himself,” purchased Roy Lichtenstein‘s 1963 work “Woman with Flowered Hat” from Christie’s New York… for $56.1 million. (Graff turned 75 in June.)