Winnie the Pooh drawings sale

19 December 2008

If the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh (and friends) makes you shudder with horror, this news may well warm your heart.

A collection of EH Shepard's original drawings for the Winnie the Pooh 's books has fetched £1.26m at auction in London.

The top lot, "He went on tracking, and Piglet... ran after him" (right), one of Shepherd's best-known drawings, went for £115,250, a record for the artist.

Another drawing, "Bump, bump, bump - going up the stairs", sold for £97,250, almost double its lower estimate.

[via the BBC]

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