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London auction house will offer ‘rare’ first-edition Harry Potter book for private sale

June 1, 2022
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Author JK Rowling’s first edition harry potter and philosopher’s stone Up for private sale in London by auction company Christie’s. The auction house has invited offers starting at £200,000 for the book, which has some errors and was signed by the author, Reuters reported.

The 1997 edition book is one of 500 hard copies of the book initially printed. This particular book will be sold by the auction house as part of its upcoming event – “The Art of Literature: Lending and Selling Exhibition”.

An expert in printed books and the exhibition’s co-curator told Reuters that the word ‘philosopher’ is misspelled on the back cover and on page 53, “a stick” is repeated twice.

The clip shared by Reuters on Twitter features a 1997-edition book and highlights errors. Some netizens were amazed by its price but many were excited about the book. Commenting on one user said, ‘I would love to have it.

Mark Wiltshire, the exhibition’s co-curator, was quoted by Reuters as saying: “There were a few things he found wrong with the bookmaking.”

“On the back cover, for example, philosopher, which, of course, is quite the keyword … the misspelling is ‘philosopher’ … that second ‘o’ is missing. Also on page 53, a list of those items In students who are asked to take them to Hogwarts, ‘a van’ is repeated twice,” Wiltshire explained.

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, Another first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was $471,000. Sold In the United States in December last year. Heritage Auctions stated that it was a world record price for a work of fiction of the 20th century.

According to the American publisher Scholastic, Rowling wrote six more books about the orphan boy’s magician adventures, which have sold nearly 500 million copies in 80 languages ​​worldwide. The books were turned into eight films, which made $7.8 billion at the global box office.

Caption: Some netizens were amazed by its price but many were excited about the book. (Source: Reuters/Twitter)