As parents, there is a unwritten rule that there has to be at least one piece of Pooh paraphernalia in any and all households with with a childunder the age of seven. In my house, we have a Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that costs about $15. Now that’s a reasonable amount for some Winnie-dom. But would you spend $50,000 for a piece of Winnie the Pooh ephemera? Well someone did. At a recent auction, a German bidder spent about 50k on a original oval pencil sketch by E.H. Spepard that includes not only a honey hungry Pooh but a Piglet and Tigger.
If you are feeling like you missed out on spending your retirement money on Pooh, you have a chance to do some of your own bidding at the December 17th auction at Sotheby’s of "the finest single collection of Shepard's original drawings for the Pooh books” which is set to bring in up to about one million bucks. Perfect for the Holiday Season! Or not.
Via Reuters
