3rd Dec, 2024 12:00

Teddy Bears of Witney Auction

 
  Lot 271
 

271

A rare Mary Tourtel original pen and ink with crayon illustration of Rupert Bear and friends, 1932

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 
A rare Mary Tourtel original pen and ink with crayon illustration of Rupert Bear and friends, 1932, ‘Edward led the way into the courtyard there’, featuring Edward Trunk leading Rupert Bear and Bill Badger, signed bottom left, M.T., from Rupert Goes Hiking, Daily Express 27th June to 1st September 1932 and M. Tourtel, Rupert Goes Hiking, Rupert Little Bear Library No.17, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, page 22 —6 ½in. (16.5cm.) x 5in. (13cm.) size of image, framed and glazed; exhibited in ‘The British Art of Illustration 1800-1994, sold by Chris Beetles, St James’s, London

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