Obama doodle fetches $2,000.00 on Ebay

[illinoisprogressive]

from then Caucus:

Senator Barack Obama: activist, author, presidential candidate … artist?

A doodle by the Illinois Democrat sold for $2,075 on eBay, the online auction site. His piece brought more money “by far” out of around 50 other celebrity drawings during the National Doodle Day charity drive, according to Rosemary Anderson, vice president of Neurofibromatosis, Inc., a national advocacy group for sufferers of the genetic disorder.

During a lobbying junket to Washington earlier this year, activists gave Mr. Obama a “doodle packet,” which included a card on which to create his masterpiece. “He, bless his heart, agreed to draw a doodle for us,” said Ms. Anderson, and the organization, based in Minneapolis, received the drawing a few months later.

Mr. Obama nearly tripled the second-highest take, a piece by Gillian Anderson, which brought in about $700. Best known for her role as agent Dana Scully on “The X Files,” she is the daughter of Rosemary Anderson and her brother, Aaron, suffers from neurofibromatosis. Donald Trump came in a close third—the real estate mogul recently held a golf-related fund-raiser for Rudolph W. Giuliani, who could face Mr. Obama in the general election if both were to win their parties’ nominations.

Claude Monet drew inspiration from his garden in Giverny. For Georgia O’Keefe, it was New York City and the American West. For Mr. Obama: the Senate Chamber.

For the rest of the story:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/a-doodle-is-worth-2000/

[snowbear]

1. Wow, he's a pretty good cartoonist!

What other talents does he have we don't know about yet? ...

[illinoisprogressive]

2. we shall eventually find out.

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. Wow, signed no less

That couldn't have hurt the final price. Nice signature.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/658010

[snowbear]

4. "National Doodle Day"

Huh. Whooda thunkit!

Here's his doodle:

[snowbear]

5. The doodle of Senator Reid is the best...

..I think.

Mr. Obama drew the picture while presiding over the Senate, said Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for his campaign. It features Senators Chuck Schumer, the head of the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm; Harry Reid, the majority leader, Dianne Feinstein of California and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

He needs some work on those pillars.

[iamjoy]

6. Maybe My Dad Will Like Him Now

Although a Democrat, my Dad doesn't like (or trust) Barack Obama. However, my Dad has NF (as do I). Obama drew a picture to help raise money for NF. Hopefully, that will raise Obama at least a little in my Dad's opinion.

[Colobo]

7. Gobama!

[Totally Committed]

8. If he's elected, that will be worth 10 times that amount...

It was a good investment, and a hell of a "bet". If he loses, you probably paid top-price.

TC