Americana Exchange

Auction Details

Auction House Sothebys
Website www.sothebys.com/
Auction Name The Art of Illustration - From the Collection of Michael Winner
Sale Number 12409
Auction Date Dec 12, 2012 - Dec 12, 2012

Lot Details : Sothebys

Lot Number 94     
Author E.H. SHEPARD
Title 'HANDSOME BELL-ROPE, ISN'T IT?' SAID OWL
Description HANDSOME BELL-ROPE, ISN'T IT?' SAID OWL 220 by 170mm., ink drawing, signed lower left with initials, mounted, framed and glazed, minor pin holes not affecting image, traces of older signature
Lot Note CATALOGUE NOTE Reproduced, as a full-page illustration, on page 51 of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (Methuen, 1926). The illustration is from chapter four entitled 'In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one'
Estimated Price GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00( USD 75500.00 - USD 105700.00)
Actual Price GBP 63,650.00 ( USD 96111.50)