An original black and white sketch of Winnie the Pooh and his good friend Piglet which languished for decades in a drawer is expected to fetch thousands when it goes under the hammer next month.

The 6.5-inch-long sketch of Pooh and Piglet is signed “E.H. Shepard 1958.” Dominic Winter Auctioneers. For decades, an original Winnie-the-Pooh sketch had been hiding in a cellar, wrapped in ...