Winnie-The-Pooh Bridge Fetches Over 1,30,000 Pounds At UK Auction
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Milne's son Christopher Robin, who inspired the books and shared his name with the boy who joined Pooh in his adventures, played on the bridge in the 1920s before it appeared in the books, illustrated by EH Shepard.
A bridge depicted by author AA Milne in his children's books about the honey-loving teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh has sold at auction for more than twice its estimated price, a UK-based auctioneer said Thursday.
Built in 1907 in Ashdown Forest in southern England but later replaced and restored, the bridge fetched 131,625 Pounds ($179,167, 154,830 euros) in a sealed bid, auctioneer Summers Place Auctions said.
Originally known as Posingford Bridge, it captured the imaginations of generations of children as "Poohsticks Bridge" where the bear protagonist invented a game dropping sticks and pinecones into the water below.
Milne's son Christopher Robin, who inspired the books and shared his name with the boy who joined Pooh in his adventures, played on the bridge in the 1920s before it appeared in the books, illustrated by EH Shepard.
