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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone hardback first edition sells for 68,000 pounds in UK
A hardback first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold at auction for 68,000 pounds ($119,380) in England.
Key points:
- There were only 500 hardback issues printed in the first run of the first Harry Potter book
- The book was found while cleaning out a home in England ahead of a garage sale
- Another Potter hardback sold on the same day for 50,000 pounds and one went for 60,000 pounds in October
The issue was one of 500 copies published in the first run by Bloomsbury back in 1997, before JK Rowling’s saga of wizards and magic became a global literary phenomenon.
Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers confirmed a first edition of the opening book of the Harry Potter saga had sold for 68,000 pounds.
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