The 30p first edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by Joan K. Rowling sold for more than £10.5k ($13.5k). This was announced on Twitter by representatives of the auction house Richard Winterton Auctioneers.
After trading in Lichfield (Staffordshire), the auction house called the result of the auction “magic” – the book fell under the hammer for an amount 35 thousand times higher than when the collector bought the publication from the library a few years ago. .
“What an incredible result for Harry Potter! The auction price is 10.5 thousand liras,” said the message.
The first of the books about the young magician was published by Bloomsbury in 1997, the first edition was only 500 copies. 300 of them ended up in libraries, so publication is considered extremely rare.
The book’s former owner, a bibliophile collector, passed away in 2023 at the age of 55, and the family has allowed Richard Winterton Auctioneers to take an inventory of the most valuable books in their collection.
First edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone signed by JK Rowling in June 2022 exhibited For a special sale starting at $250,000 at Christie’s in London.
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