Classic illustrations shine in sales

Last offered at auction at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) in 1971, a pair of EH Shepard’s original ink drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh returned to their rooms to sell at £55,000.

Both are from Chapter VI, ‘In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents’.

One shows Pooh …

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