The first hardcover copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first part of the world’s best-selling Harry Potter series, was sold for 33 million won.
On the 3rd (local time), The Times, a British daily newspaper, said that the hardcover first edition of JK Rowling’s novel Harry Potter series, ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’, which was recently uploaded to British auction house Ryan & Turnbull, sold for 20,160 pounds (approximately 33 million won). Reported. This book was given to Holly Hogart, 34, a mother of two living in Glasgow, England, by her cousin 26 years ago.
“I was shocked when this book sold for over £200 at auction,” Hogart said. “I wondered who would buy a book like this.” “This book was loved a lot,” he said. “I lent this book to my schoolmates in 2000, and the book returned to me after wandering around the dormitory for a while. At that time, the book was already worn out,” he explained.
As the book is old, its storage condition is not good. The plastic cover protecting the book was peeled off, and the spine of the book fell off, and the bookcase was yellowed. Also, some pages had graffiti. Nevertheless, the reason why the book was able to sell at such a high price was that this book was the first hardcover edition with only 500 copies printed. About 300 of these are estimated to have been distributed to local libraries.
The London auction house Sotheby’s has been judging the authenticity of the first edition by looking at the serial number ’10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1′ and the typo ‘1 wand’ on page 53 of the book. Previously, Sotheby’s set a price of more than £50,000 (about 80 million won) for a first edition of Harry Potter in good condition.
Ryan & Turnbull published this book in an auction catalog in September last year, and it was sold to an American at an auction held in February this year. Hogart said he had about £15,000 (about 25 million won) left after paying the auction fee. He revealed that he used the money to deliver a gift to his cousin, who gifted the book to him more than 20 years ago, and plans to travel around Europe on a Disney cruise ship with his two children.
Source: Donga
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