Man Finds Rare Trove of Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings and Manuscripts in His Father's Attic.

'The papers connected to author A.A. Milne—including original drafts, illustrations, letters, poems and corrected proofs—sold at auction for more than $118,000.

Simon Smith was cleaning out his late father’s attic when he stumbled upon a plastic bag full of papers. When he looked inside, he was shocked to find letters, drawings and manuscripts that had once belonged to author A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Now, after “capturing the imagination of the publishing world,” the rare documents have found new homes in the United States and the United Kingdom, says Will Farmer, director of Fieldings Auctioneers, to BBC News’ Shehnaz Khan and Elliott Webb. They sold for £95,000 (more than $118,000) at a Fieldings Auctioneers’ sale earlier this month.

The papers were discovered among the belongings of Leslie Smith, who had worked in publishing and lived in Malvern, a town in Worcestershire, England. After he died in November 2023, his son was sorting through his possessions when he found the unexpected treasure trove.'>>>

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