Dec. 4 (UPI) -- An unidentified buyer thought an iconic piece of Americana was worth $46 million.
After a a "tense nine-and-a-half-minute bidding battle" at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday, Norman Rockwell's beloved 1951 painting, "Saying Grace," sold for $26 million more than its estimated $20 million -- a record breaking $46 million.