Rare Harry Potter First Edition Sells for $400,000
The 1997 hardback is one of about 500 known copies and drew a four-minute bidding war, Heritage Auctions said.
- On October 14, a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for nearly $400,000 at Heritage Auctions in Texas following intense bidding.
- This 'coveted' hardback is one of 500 copies printed in the first run, featuring distinct misprints including '1 wand' listed twice and the author credited as 'Joanne Rowling' on the copyright page.
- The book fetched four times its $75,000 pre-sale estimate after the four-minute bidding war, with Auctioneer Samantha Sisler noting, "Finding one in this quality is quite remarkable."
- International Director of Rare Books & Manuscripts Francis Wahlgren said the title "always has been a popular title among collectors," expecting renewed interest from the upcoming HBO TV series adaptation.
- Over 120 million copies of the novel have been sold to date, while Rowling will be featured in a new BBC documentary exploring her rise to fame, cultural influence and contested legacy.
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Mistakes turned into gold: rare Harry Potter book with typos sold at auction for $400 thousand
Mistakes turned into gold: a rare Harry Potter book with typos sold at auction for $ 400 thousand.The first hardcover edition of the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" went under the hammer in the USA for almost four times the price of...
A rare copy of the first edition of the novel "Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone", containing orthographic errors, was auctioned in Texas for £302,000. A copy of the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" from the first, few copies of the book, with uncorrected orthographic errors, left the hammer for £302,000 (about $400,000) and wrote to RIA News with reference to the newspaper Independent. Toggy went to the American Heritage Aucti…
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