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WINNIPEG — A watercolour sketch drawn by Justin Trudeau months before he became prime minister has been auctioned off on eBay for $25,200 to a Toronto businessman and philanthropist, and his artist wife.

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Viv Draward, communications director for Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, said Alice and Grant Burton have been previous donors to the facility.

Trudeau drew the image of the museum after visiting the Winnipeg building last spring. Postcard prints of the image were given to Liberal party donors, and museum officials approached Trudeau about getting the original for a fundraiser.

“It’s like, wow! With this kind of fundraiser, you never know what can happen, so we didn’t want to set our expectations too high,” said Draward. “It’s just amazing how well it ended up doing, and I think it demonstrates what a unique piece the sketch is and the interest people are taking in human rights.”

Grant Burton is president of Starcan Corp. and director emeritus at the National Arts Centre while Alice Burton’s works have been exhibited in Toronto, Montreal and New York as well as Europe and South America.

Draward said the couple are on vacation in Jamaica but he issued a statement regarding their latest acquisition.