Image copyright Sotheby's Image caption The map is expected to sell for between £100,000 and £150,000 when it is sold on 10 July 
 
 The original illustrated map of The Hundred Acre Wood, which featured in the opening pages of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, is to be auctioned. The map, with an estimate of 100,000 - 150,000 pounds ($133,260 - $200,000), will be auctioned at the English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations sale in July. Four other Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations by Shepard are also being offered, including one of Christopher Robin and Pooh walking to say goodbye, as in Milne’s ending in “The House at Pooh Corner”. You may also be interested in: 
 
 The auction comes amid an increased interest in illustrations from collectors, according to Sotheby's senior specialist Dr Errington 
 
 "They've never been brought out in the UK or the US with illustrations by anyone else apart from EH Shepard and that is the power, and ability of the illustrator, and why this is probably the most famous map in English literature," Dr Errington said. The ink sketch drawn by E.H. Shepard in 1926 lays out the much-loved fictional world created by A.A. Milne, depicting characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet and Eeyore.
– Sotheby's is prepping for a children's books and illustrations auction in July, and at the top of the list is what one expert calls "probably the most famous map in English literature." That, per the BBC, would be EH Shepard's original ink sketch of the Hundred Acre Wood from AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, published in 1926. The map—which shows the fictional woodland, as well as depictions of Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, and Piglet—is expected to fetch up to $200,000. "It's such a valuable piece because it's such an obvious entry into the world of Winnie-the-Pooh," Sotheby's Philip Errington, a senior specialist at the auction house, tells Reuters. Four other Shepard illustrations, which haven't been viewed by the public in nearly a half-century, will also be up for grabs.