"I put it in the 50 pence book box without a second thought," Charlotte was quoted as saying on the Hansons Auctioneers website. ![]() Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers confirmed a first edition of the opening book of the Harry Potter saga had sold for 68,000 pounds.Īnother Potter first edition sold for 50,000 pounds ($87,780), representing an extraordinary slice of luck for sellers Karen and Charlotte Rumsey.Ĭharlotte Rumsey had been helping her mother Karen clear out old items in her home for a garage sale when they came across the book that a family friend had given to Charlotte and her brothers in 1999. But the resulting forgery could be passed off for as much as £28,000.The issue was one of 500 copies published in the first run by Bloomsbury back in 1997, before JK Rowling's saga of wizards and magic became a global literary phenomenon. The forger has to be prepared to spend around £5,000 on the two editions required to make the fake – and then cut them up. Unethical dealers wanting to create a fake copy can take the copyright page and page 53, the one with the “1 wand” misprint, from a paperback copy and insert them into a hardback second printing copy. Yes, says Mugglenet, there are – so what is needed, to quote Rowling’s character Mad-Eye Moody, is: “Constant vigilance!” First editions of all the novels are valuable - as are proof editions and other rarities. Of course, the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone UK hardback first edition is not the only valuable Harry Potter book. In addition, Sky News says the copy sold this week by Hansons had a misspelling of “Philosopher” on the back cover.
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