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UPDATE: Winnie the Pooh sketch makes £31,200!

by LotusFlower | November 3, 2008 at 05:22 pm

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Update: The Winnie the Pooh sketch auction has taken place and the pencil sketch reached an amount way in excess of estimates at over £31,000!

Art and nostalgia looks the place where investors are putting their money after the credit crunch and this German based buyer gets both with this classic Winnie the Pooh sketch.

An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched 31,200 pounds at auction on Tuesday.

The amount, which includes a 20 percent buyer's premium, comfortably beat pre-sale expectations of up to 20,000 pounds, not including the premium.

The oval pencil sketch by E.H. Shepard, one of children's literature's most famous illustrators, shows Pooh dipping his paw into a pot of honey while sitting at a table as Piglet and Tigger look on.

Auctioneer Bonhams said the successful telephone bidder was from Germany and bought the picture for his wife, a long-time Pooh fan.

On the same day, Sotheby's announced it was offering what it called the finest single collection of Shepard's original drawings for the Pooh books to be sold at auction.

Original Story:

Winnie the Pooh continues to be a favourite with children making it now five generatiuons of readers that have enjoyed the books and looks of the original Pooh books.

Now's the chance to get your hands on an original EH Shepard sketch of Winnie the Pooh as a drawing goes on sale at Bonhams in London.

Other works including at least one from The Wind in the Willows will also be up for auction.

An original sketch of favourite AA Milne character Winnie the Pooh, featuring Tigger and Piglet, is expected to fetch £20,000 at auction.

The pencil drawing of the bear dipping a paw in a honey pot is being sold at Bonhams auction rooms in London by the family of the artist, EH Shepard.

A specialist at Bonhams said it will appeal to five generations of readers.

The sale on Tuesday also includes a first sketch for Kenneth Grahame's story The Wind in the Willows.

The pencil drawing shows Rat and Mole having a picnic on a river bank, and is expected to make around £10,000.