Winnie-the-Pooh original map illustration sells for record $570,000

CNN — The original drawing of the map that appears inside the cover of A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at a Sotheby’s auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for any book illustration. The map was used as the opening animation of the 1966 Disney movie “Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree.” "Salvator Mundi" by Leonardo da Vinci -- Price Realized: $450,312,500 — Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" became the most expensive artwork sold at auction in November 2017, when it went for over $450 million at Christie's in New York. Carl Court/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images "Les femmes d'Alger " by Pablo Picasso -- Price Realized: $179,365,000 — Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d'Alger " previously held the auction record after selling for $179.4 million in 2015. courtesy christies "The Scream" by Edvard Munch -- Price realized: $119,922,500 — The sale of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" to billionaire Leon Black for $119.9 million in 2012 marked more than a new art record: it was the first time that a pastel, rather than an oil or acrylic painting, came anywhere near achieving such a price. BAS CZERWINSKI/AFP/AFP/Getty Images "Abstraktes Bild" by Gerhard Richter -- Price realized: $34,190,757 — Rock star Eric Clapton sold his "Abstraktse Bild" by art star Gerhard Richter in 2012 for £21.3 million, establishing a new record for a living artist and the highest price ever paid for a Gerhard Richter painting. VOLKER HARTMANN/DDP/AFP/Getty Images "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh -- Price Realized: $82,500,000 — Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" rocked the art world in 1990 when it sold to Tokyo's Kobayashi gallery for $82.5 million at Christie's-- more than twice the previous auction record.