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Pooh bear sketch sold for £31,000
| Quote: | An original sketch of favourite AA Milne character Winnie the Pooh has fetched £31,200 at auction - almost double its pre-sale estimate.
The pencil drawing of the bear dipping a paw in a honey pot was bought by a German collector for his wife.
It was sold by the family of the artist, EH Shepard, at Bonhams auction rooms in London and easily exceeded its estimated price of £15,000-20,000.
A sketch for Kenneth Grahame's story The Wind in the Willows made £7,440.
The pencil drawing showing Rat and Mole having a picnic on a river bank, was expected to make around £10,000. |
Follow the link to see part of the sketch http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7706719.stm
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