A hand-written, original map of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood was today auctioned for a whopping USD 570,000, smashing all previous world records for a book illustration.
Carved by E H Shepherd, the drawing of the map which appears inside the cover of A A Milne's beloved book 'Winnie-the-Pooh', was sold by the renowned auction house Sotheby's.
"The original drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood sells for 430,000 pounds (USD 570,027) to set new record for any book illustration sold at auction," Sotheby's tweeted.
The auction house described the 1926 drawing, which was unseen for 50 years, as "possibly the most famous map in children's literature."
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