Rare First Edition Harry Potter Book Sells for 64,000 Euros: The Untold Story

2023-12-14 14:33:30

End of the 90s. The happy dealer, who prefers to remain anonymous, is on vacation in Wester Ross, in the northwest of Scotland, and enters a small bookstore. There she acquired the first volume of the saga, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, for less than 10 pounds, or around 12 euros. Years later, she discovered that it was actually a (very) rare first edition. And of great value. Barely 200 books were printed in first editions. His book is part of this first salvo.

“An excellent result for such a great find.”

Jim Spencer, book expert

According to the BBC, this woman has just sold her copy for the sum of 64,000 euros. “It’s an excellent result for such a great find,” comments Jim Spencer, book expert, during an interview with the British media. “This is an authentic first edition which has been very well preserved.”

The “Harry Potter” books are among the best-selling and most popular of all time. More than 600 million books regarding the bespectacled sorcerer’s apprentice have been sold worldwide.

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