There was particular desirability because it hasn’t been seen for so long,” he said. But the important thing is that this hasn’t been on the market for 50 years. “They are out there and do well on the market. Shepard illustrations are not rare at auction, according to Errington, with the first sold by Shepard himself in the 1920s.
However you approach Pooh, whether it was through a book or a Disney cartoon, the map is your way in. The map is part of the defining world of Winnie-the-Pooh. “It reflects the fact that people fall in love with the works of AA Milne and EH Shepard. “We’re extremely pleased, obviously,” said Philip Errington, Sotheby’s senior specialist in the book department, who said there had been significant international bidding. The London auction house Sotheby’s had estimated its value at between £100,000 and £150,000. Purportedly drawn by Christopher Robin himself, the map is littered with spelling errors – “nice for picnicks” and “100 aker wood” – and is captioned “Drawn by Me and Mr Shepard helpd”.
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