Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone artwork sells for record £1.5m
Watercolour drawing for first book’s cover becomes most expensive item from the series ever sold at auctionA watercolour drawing for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has fetched a record amount at auction.The artwork for the cover of the first book in the JK Rowling series fetched $1.9m (£1.5m) at a sale by Sotheby’s auction house in New York on Wednesday. Continue reading...
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Watercolour drawing for first book’s cover becomes most expensive item from the series ever sold at auction
A watercolour drawing for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has fetched a record amount at auction.
The artwork for the cover of the first book in the JK Rowling series fetched $1.9m (£1.5m) at a sale by Sotheby’s auction house in New York on Wednesday. Continue reading...