Winnie the Pooh

I loved reading Winnie the Pooh to Richard. Quite the price for this sketch.

From CNN: "A ‘forgotten’ Winnie the Pooh sketch sat in a drawer for years. Now it could be worth thousands Lianne Kolirin, CNN Published 11:52 AM EDT, Thu August 24, 2023 01 Winnie the Pooh sketch top Dominic Winter Auctioneers London CNN — An original black and white sketch of Winnie the Pooh and his good friend Piglet which languished for decades in a drawer is expected to fetch thousands when it goes under the hammer next month. According to Dominic Winter Auctioneers, which is handling the sale, the pen and ink drawing is the same as one of the final illustrations in A.A. Milne’s first book about Winnie the Pooh, published in 1926. The illustration that’s now heading to auction was drawn on thin white card, measuring 3.5 inches by 6.5 inches, and was signed and dated “E.H. Shepard 1958” in the lower right hand corner. Incredibly, the drawing was only discovered recently after British auctioneers were contacted to value the effects of Christopher Foyle, the grandson of William Foyle, who co-founded the British bookshop Foyles. It is now expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000 ($25,000 and $38,000). The picture, the same as the final drawing in the first Winnie the Pooh book, languished for years in a drawer."