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Article: Potter cast-off sells for [pounds sterling]4,000.
- Article from:
- Northants Evening Telegraph (Kettering, England)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2008
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A HARRY Potter book sold by Wellingborough Library for just [pounds sterling]2 in 1999 was snapped up at auction yesterday - for [pounds sterling]4,000.
The first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was sold by Northamptonshire County Council's library service as part of a book clearance nearly 10 years ago.
Because it was in poor condition it was sold for "less than [pounds sterling]2", but at Christie's auction room in London yesterday the same book was sold to a private investor for [pounds sterling]4,000.
Christie's rare book expert, Crispin Jackson, said: "There was a lot of interest in the book because the first ...