A series of original illustrations by British Winnie the Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard sold for nearly $2.3 million Cdn at auction in London on Wednesday.

The 4" x 4.5" graphite image is rendered on 10 field paper and numbered D-23 in the upper right corner. Both the cel and drawing show minor handling and condition for the lot is Very Good.

A collection of drawings and correspondence between Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne, illustrator E.H. Shepard, and publisher Frederick Muller, sold last month at British auction house Fieldings ...

Last century, British artist Ernest Shepard helped to bring the stories of Winnie the Pooh to life through his illustrations. The stories by AA Milne, written in the early 1900s, remain popular ...