Someone paid $16,000 for this drawing by Trump!

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)


A black-marker drawing of the Empire State Building by US President Donald Trump sold at auction for $16,000, the media reported.

According to Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, where the sale took place, Trump created the 12-by-9-inch drawing at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for a charity auction that took place in 1995. At the time, the signed sketch sold for less than $100, the New York Times reported on Friday.

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This was not the first work of art by Trump to fall into the eager hands of collectors in the wake of his presidency.

In July, a similarly sized drawing of a more comprehensive Manhattan skyline sold for $29,000 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions.

Trump’s sketch was created while he was still pursuing the prized property.

A representative of Julien’s Auctions wrote in a statement that the artwork “symbolised his ascent” through the ranks of New York power brokers.

A portion of the proceeds, to be matched by the auction house, will go to a National Public Radio station in Connecticut.

The buyer was not identified.