Original Sonichu and Rosechu Drawing

"First ever straight-from-the-creator and artist full-colored Original Sonichu and Rosechu hand-drawn and colored artwork available for sale. The main image for this sale was edited to prevent forgery during listing, but a sample of the color is the secondary photo."

The Original Sonichu and Rosechu Drawing is a hand-drawing of Sonichu and Rosechu that Chris is trying to auction off on eBay to raise the funds to buy more Legos. This is the second item Chris has attempted to sell on eBay, the first being Bob's violin.

"Freshly thought and drawn on June 1, 2014", this picture also bears Chris's signature, although this is cropped from the picture on eBay. The uploaded image is in black-and-white, another apparent anti-forgery method used by Chris to protect his precious artworks from counterfeiting.

Chris also makes some untested copyright claims:

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ALL Sonichu, Rosechu, Cwcville and such material is Copyrighted March, 2000 by Christian Weston Chandler, with Full Paperwork backed up in Washington DC. Any names, persons or characters and such illustrated in the past Original Comic Book Pages, LittleBiGPlanet 1, 2, PSP and Vita Levels under the PSN ID of "Sonichu", and all direct content from the Creator, Christian Weston Chandler, NOT originating from said Creator that may seem similar to anyone past or present, as well as under other respective ownerships, are purely coincidental or otherwise parodic. Ownership of Original characters of Pikachu, Pok'emon and Sonic the Hedgehog are those of Nintendo and SEGA of America respectively. The drawing that is being sold on eBay now is an Original artwork created by the original Creator of Christian Weston Chandler, and is solely being sold as an artwork with no original intent of profit.

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Within the first day of bidding, the bids reached over $10,000 USD. Speculation of troll involvement is mentioned occasionally by Chris's friends on his Facebook post related to it. The first posting is removed, probably due to Chris realizing (or being told) that the he's unlikely to collect on it.

On June 2, he put his art back up for sale, this time adding "Serious Bidders ONLY; NO Internet Trolls or Cyber-Bullies Allowed" to the item description. He also added that he would not allow local pickup of the item, assuming anybody is ACTUALLY willing to match his starting bid of $100 US.

An impostor (or possibly the genuine) piece of artwork soon surfaced on eBay. At last word, the authenticity of both items remain unproven.