Etch-A-Sketch Art Fetches Big Money September 15, 2007

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Who remembers Etch-A-Sketch? You know, the highly addictive and incredibly annoying drawing device, where just one bash from your baby brother could erase your hours of dedicated knob-twiddling trying to create a rough approximation of a car?

Well, someone's actually quite good at it and is now making big money from his sketchy knock-offs. Jeff Gagliardi has been reproducing classic paintings on Etch-A-sketch for some years now and can earn up to £2,500 per drawing. He played with his nephew’s one for the first time when he was an art student in New York. He recalls:

"I did a drawing of the Taj Mahal complete with reflecting pools. Quite frankly, I didn't think it was a big deal, but my family wouldn't let me erase it. From that point on it became apparent that I had some sort of gift for drawing on this silly little toy. People would walk past the serious work I was doing as a painter and want to see the Etch-A-Sketches."

Jump now for some more Etch-A-Sketch classics.-Martin Lynch

[ImpactLab]

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