Winnie-the-Pooh’s ‘Hundred Acre Wood’ by EH Shepard – £350,000 at Sotheby’s on July 10.
The original drawing of the map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood sold for £350,000 (plus 25/20/12% buyer’s premium) at Sotheby’s sale of English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustration on July 9-10.
Featuring on the opening endpapers of the original 1926 book by AA Milne, the sketch introduces readers to the imagination of Christopher Robin and his woodland friends. Inscribed beneath the image Drawn by me and Mr Shepard helpd, it features other, sometimes clumsily spelled locations such as Nice for Piknicks and significant locations like Pooh Trap for Heffalumps.