'Hundred Acre Wood' map leads way to book illustration auction record
The original drawing of the map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s 'Hundred Acre Wood' sold for £350,000 (plus 25/20/12% buyer’s premium) at Sotheby’s sale of English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustration on July 9-10.
Featuring on the opening endpapers of the original 1926 book by AA Milne, the sketch introduces re…