Well it seems that the original just sold on Ebay.  For $10,000!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-drawing-of-a-7-legged-spider_W0QQitemZ190265903424QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190265903424&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:570|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

DOUBLE WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope that the original author gets a lot of the 10,000 dollars from it, so funny! The guy auctioning it shouldn't get anything. Half to charity half to the author.

Thats gotta be some sort of joke. Why would any "SANE" person, purchase a picture of a spider for 10k?

My daughter has a picture of a ladybug she'd be willing to let go of for $7000 :

I bet the buyer pulls a similar stunt for payment.   :

I bet the buyer pulls a similar stunt for payment. :

LOL  ;D  So true! Then he would be able to sell his drawing for more?

wait, so was that whole spider-as-payment email chain REAL?

Yes, it was real.   ;D

That is amazing.