Pooh Makes A Million

It's good to see that E.H. Shepard's drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh books are appreciated by collectors and far exceeded their estimated values at Sotheby's auction in London. This one, He went on tracking, and Piglet...ran after him, fetched £115,250, no great shakes in the crazy art world, but a new record for E.H. Shepard. Bump, bump, bump - going up the stairs went for £97,250. The lots at auction, which included signed copies of A.A. Milne's books as well as Shepard's drawings, made £1.26m.