A copy of Harry Potter's first volume sold for $ 84,000 at auction -

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A new copy of the first edition of the successful

Harry Potter

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has sold for $ 84,500 at auction.

A significant sum for a very rare collector's item which is not a record.

In 2019, a first edition of the first volume of

Harry Potter

was sold for the tidy sum of $ 90,000 at auction.

In both cases, it was the first part of the adventures of

Harry Potter

, released in 1997. A first edition which was printed in only 500 copies, of which 300 were intended for libraries.

At the time, publisher Bloomsbury did not really believe in the success of the novel, hence the small number of copies printed.

Obviously, the English publisher could not imagine what success the adventures of

Harry Potter would

ultimately meet

.

A great find

Moreover, the first volume was a rapid and lively success.

So that new copies were printed.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

was distributed internationally the following year.

Jim Spencer, the auctioneer in charge of the book auction, told the story of this special copy.

The latter was found by chance during a move.

When the owner's daughter, Charlotte Rumsey, stumbled across the book, she inquired about the book's value.

It was Jim Spencer that he undertook to assess the value of the latter and who announced to the family that it was indeed a copy of the first edition of

Harry Potter and the Stone. philosopher

.

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