( CNN ) -- Police are still searching for a Norman Rockwell painting that disappeared from a Queens storage warehouse in September . The oil on canvas painting , `` Sport , '' shows a man in a rowboat wearing a yellow raincoat , holding a fishing pole . The image was published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1939 . The painting disappeared from a WelPak Art Moving and Storage unit at 58-60 Grand Avenue in Maspeth . Police said the painting was being stored awaiting shipment to its owner . Neither NYPD nor Sotheby 's would identify the owner of the painting . The painting sold for $ 1,085,000 at a Sotheby 's auction of American Art in New York on May 22 . It was sold from a private collection in Birmingham , Alabama , and before that was owned by the Hildebrandt family of Westchester County . Signed by Rockwell on the lower right , the painting is approximately 22 by 28 inches and framed in gold wood . Anyone with any information about the missing painting should contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS ( 8477 ) . The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 ( CRIMES ) and entering TIP577 .
Rockwell 's `` Sport '' has been missing from Queens warehouse since September . It shows a man in a rowboat wearing a yellow raincoat , holding a fishing pole . Police are seeking tips , asking public to alert Crime Stoppers .