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not a Potter fan, but just thought the fans here on ATOT would wanna know:
LONDON - A first edition of J.K. Rowling?s debut Harry Potter novel is expected to sell for a magical sum later this month, auctioneers say.
Bonhams auction house said Wednesday that the hardback edition of ?Harry Potter and the Philosopher?s Stone? (sold in the United States as ?Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone?) will likely fetch between $10,000 and $20,000 at a London sale on June 26.
?That this book would sell for such a large sum is huge,? said Luke Battenham, book specialist at Bonhams. ?It?s a phenomenon.?
Between 500 and 1,000 copies were printed in the novel?s first run, the auction house said. It said publishers typically only produce a small number of copies of new books, before quickly rolling out thousands more editions if a title proves successful.
The initial run is a fraction of the millions of copies printed for the seventh and final edition, to be released on July 21, just weeks after the auction.
Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19078209/
LONDON - A first edition of J.K. Rowling?s debut Harry Potter novel is expected to sell for a magical sum later this month, auctioneers say.
Bonhams auction house said Wednesday that the hardback edition of ?Harry Potter and the Philosopher?s Stone? (sold in the United States as ?Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone?) will likely fetch between $10,000 and $20,000 at a London sale on June 26.
?That this book would sell for such a large sum is huge,? said Luke Battenham, book specialist at Bonhams. ?It?s a phenomenon.?
Between 500 and 1,000 copies were printed in the novel?s first run, the auction house said. It said publishers typically only produce a small number of copies of new books, before quickly rolling out thousands more editions if a title proves successful.
The initial run is a fraction of the millions of copies printed for the seventh and final edition, to be released on July 21, just weeks after the auction.
Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19078209/
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