{"id":353293,"date":"2021-10-15T17:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/harry-potter-book-sold-for-38k-by-a-guy-named-harry-potter\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:12:58","slug":"harry-potter-book-sold-for-38k-by-a-guy-named-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/harry-potter-book-sold-for-38k-by-a-guy-named-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"#Harry Potter book sold for $38K by a guy named Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Harry Potter book sold for $38K by a guy named Harry Potter<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A first edition of the debut Harry Potter book in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> by J.K. Rowling was just sold for $38,000 by a British man with a stake in the character\u2019s good name.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, one Harry Potter, 33, of Waterlooville, Hampshire, has sold his well-loved copy of \u201cHarry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u201d (released in the US as \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone\u201d), which he received as a gift from his father in 1997 \u2014 the year the book was released.<\/p>\n<p>Only 500 copies of that first edition were printed.<\/p>\n<p>Potter has kept the book as a prized possession, now with immense sentimental value since his father passed away due to cancer in 2017. But he\u2019s recently decided to part ways with the volume with the purpose of fundraising for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Kenya, where Potter plans to scatter his dad\u2019s ashes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its worn corners and creased spine, the novel sold at Hansons Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derbyshire, for \u00a327,500 ($38,000).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=812\" alt=\"Cover of first edition &quot;Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19812054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1624 1624w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1218 1218w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=812 812w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=406 406w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\"\/><figcaption>Harry Potter, 33, received the rare volume from his late father upon the book\u2019s release in 1997.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hansons \/ SWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768\" alt=\"Back cover of first edition &quot;Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19812094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/harry-potter-book5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Only 500 copies of the first edition of \u201cHarry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u201d were printed.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hansons \/ SWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y it sold,\u201d he said in a statement to South West <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Service. \u201cWe plan to use the proceeds to take my dad\u2019s ashes to Kenya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to deliver a happy ending, and add a new chapter to the Potter story,\u201d added Hanson Auctioneers owner Charles Hanson.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cConsidering its well-used, well-loved condition, the book did extremely well,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m so pleased Harry and Katie can now use the proceeds to honor their father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While $38,000 is nothing to sneeze at, another first printing of the same book, which additionally bragged an autograph from the author, fetched a cool $90,000 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Three years prior, a bedazzled, handwritten tome by Rowling herself \u2014 a re-creation of \u201cThe Tales of the Beedle the Bard,\u201d a story told within \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\u201d \u2014 raised a whopping $620,000 for charity.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Rowling was just sold for $38,000 by a British man with a stake in the character\u2019s good name. 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