"I remember making works of art of the Etch A Sketch as a child, in hindsight -- realizing that they were merely poorly drawn stick figures, " said Larry Killgallon, the current president of The Ohio Art Company.

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On the one hand, she was trying to sketch out a canon for a young art form.

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"Etch A Sketch has brought much success to the Ohio Art Company, and we will be eternally grateful to Andre for that, " the firm's president Larry Killgallon said.

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Picked by the Ohio Art Company at a toy fair in 1959, Etch A Sketch went on to sell more than 100 million copies.

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In August two of Cobain's early drawings--a cartoonish pencil sketch of Ronald Reagan done in a high school art class and a Christmas card created for his grandparents when he was 6--sold at a celebrity memorabilia auction in Monterey, Calif.

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Indeed, it has far more in common with conceptual art or alternate-reality science fiction than with sketch comedy.

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It got a big jump in sales after Etch A Sketch was featured in the first two "Toy Story" movies, and Ohio Art capitalized on a much-publicized gaffe by a Mitt Romney aide during last year's presidential election, who was asked about his candidate's views during the primary season versus the general election.

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