The original drawing of a map featured in A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for a book illustration.

The original map that shows the world of Winnie-the-Pooh has sold for a record-breaking amount at an auction. Illustrator E. H. Shepard's famous piece sold for more than $500,000!

The original drawing of a map featured in A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for a book illustration.

Oh, bother! A map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood, drawn in 1926 by E.H. Shepard, sold at a Sotheby’s auction for a record $570,000. The hand-drawn sketch, which had been unseen … ...

The original drawing of the map that appears inside the cover of A.A. Milne's beloved book "Winnie-the-Pooh" sold at a Sotheby's auction for nearly $600,000 -- a record for any book illustration.

The map had been expected to sell for between £100,000 and £150,000 The original illustrated map of The Hundred Acre Wood, which features in the opening pages of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh ...

The original drawing of a map featured in A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for a book illustration.

The original drawing of the map that appears inside the cover of A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at a Sotheby’s auction for nearly $600,000 — a record for any book ...

The original drawing of the map that appears inside the cover of A.A. Milne's beloved book "Winnie-the-Pooh" sold at a Sotheby's auction for nearly $600,000 -- a record for any book illustration.