http://harrypotterspage.com/news.php Harry Potter's Page ru CuteNews.RU 2.5.4 http://harrypotterspage.com/news.php/2008/03/19/christie-s-international-raised-36-560-pounds-with-fees-for-hp-books123.html J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books which included a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The book auction at Christie's South Kensington salesroom exceeded a low presale estimate of 20,000 pounds without fees.

There was concern about Christie's controls after the London-based auction house confirmed that it didn't check whether the first edition, which sold for 4,000 pounds including fees, might have been stolen. The label from the Northamptonshire Libraries & Information Services appears on the volume. Since the barcode was also on the book, Bloomberg News asked the library to run the barcode number through its database. This confirmed that the library had disposed the book in 1999.

You can read the entire article on Bloomberg News website here.

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Just thought you'd like to know, it's a first printing, not just a first edition. It's one of only 500.]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:50:15 -0400