“It was not thought to have any value,” said Bob Alder, the school’s retired head teacher. “However, it was known from press coverage that the story was something special, and to read extracts to the ...
“Ultimately, if we’d sold it for too little, that would have been wrong. It fully deserves to reach the top end of £15,000 to £20,000,” Jim Spencer, head of books at Hanson Auctioneers said. “With ...
It’s a magical discovery that could be worth up to £20,000 ($25,000). A school close to Oxford has found a proof copy of JK Rowling‘s first Harry Potter novel after fearing that the ultra-rare book ...
A "very rare" edition of a book in the Harry Potter series is due to be auctioned in Nottingham. Anne Hartley, from West Bridgford, said she could not remember how she first got her hands on an ...
Wizards, get your wands—er, bid paddles—ready: A rare edition of the first Harry Potter book with a glaring error is set to go under the hammer. The proof itself ...
A rare uncorrected proof of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' has sold for £6,000, reigniting interest in early ...
LONDON — A proof copy of the first Harry Potter novel that was bought for pennies in a second-hand bookshop almost 30 years ago has sold at auction for 11,000 pounds ($13,900.) British auctioneers ...