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Winnie-the-Pooh Sold for £314,500 - A Record Price

by Vani Pradeep on Dec 10 2014 4:45 PM

Winnie-the-Pooh Sold for £314,500 - A Record Price
It was record-breaking sale of the original iconic literary illustration portraying Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends playing "poohsticks". The sketch was sold for £314,500 ($490,470 or 399,170 euros) at an auction in London.
The sale of EH Shepard's ink drawing of the much-loved AA Milne characters Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet broke the world record for any book illustration in the sale at Sotheby's auction house.

The drawing, which has become one of the most famous book illustrations of its time, shows the trio standing on a bridge looking expectantly into the river below.

In the story, Pooh invents the now widely-played game "poohsticks" in which he and his fictional friends throw sticks over one side of the bridge and wait for them to appear on the other.

The picture was first published in Milne's "The House at Pooh Corner" in 1928 and has been used on the front of many editions of the popular children's book since.

The signed original was kept in a private collection for almost 40 years before being sold as part of Sotheby's auction of English literature, history, children's books and illustrations.

The auction house described it as "probably the most famous and evocative book illustration of the 20th century".

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Source-AFP


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