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Lot 118
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$4,800
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Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] [Milne, A.A.] Coster, Howard. Signed Photograph
The "Real" Christopher Robin and "Winnie-the-Pooh", Signed by A.A. Milne
1926. Gelatin silver print, signed by A.A. Milne. Mounted to cardboard; surface dirt; scratches and creasing; approximately five areas of discoloration, presumably from surface accretions; fingerprints in upper half of sheet; overall yellowing to sheet. Image: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (216 x 241 mm); sheet: 10 1/8 x 11 in. (257 x 279 mm). In mat and in frame, 14 x 15 in. (356 x 381 mm).
Howard Coster's photograph of A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin Milne, holding the original Winnie-the-Pooh teddy bear, signed by A.A. Milne. Taken in the same year as the publication of Milne's beloved work.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.

