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.

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