A proof copy of the primary Harry Potter novel that was purchased for pennies in a second-hand bookshop virtually 30 years in the past has bought at public sale for 11,000 kilos ($13,900.)
British auctioneers Hanson’s mentioned Monday that the first-edition copy of “Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone,” which states “uncorrected proof copy” on the quilt, was purchased in 1997 from a store in south London with two different books for a complete of 40 pence ($0.50.)
The vendor, who was not named, picked up the e book in regards to the well-known boy wizard as a “throw-in” with different titles and didn’t learn it or pay a lot consideration to it for years — till she learn on-line in regards to the excessive costs some Potter copies achieved, Hanson’s mentioned.
The e book was bought to a personal U.Okay. purchaser on Wednesday for a hammer worth of 11,000 kilos, and a complete of 14,432 kilos together with a gross sales premium.
Jim Spencer, head of books on the public sale home, mentioned the copy’s inside title web page mistakenly said the writer’s identify as “J A Rowling” as a substitute of J.Okay. Rowling.
“This e book so deserved to do effectively. This proof copy is the place the Harry Potter phenomenon started. That is the very first look in print of the primary Potter novel,” Spencer mentioned.
