![]() The books were turned into eight films which made $7.8 billion at the global box office. Rowling went on to write six more books about the adventures of the orphaned boy wizard that have sold some 500 million copies worldwide in 80 languages, according to U.S. The book was sold by an American collector and the name of the buyer was not released.īritish author J.K. "Not only is it the most expensive Harry Potter book ever sold, it’s the most expensive commercially published 20th-century work of fiction ever sold," Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President Joe Maddalena said in a statement. ![]() Previous auction prices for Harry Potter first editions have ranged from about $110,000 to $138,000. The final price was more than six times the pre-sale estimate of $70,000. The Dallas-based auction house said only 500 copies with the specific binding were printed. The book was published in the United States as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Many characters throughout the book used their magic as an advantage over others because they were better at certain things. The society in Hogwarts has a big influence on the characters. The hardback 1997 British edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," with a color illustration on the cover, was described by Heritage Auctions as "magical, incredibly bright and so very near pristine." Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is a story based in a modern time Surrey, England and at the Hogwarts Wizardry Academy. ![]() LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A first edition of "Harry Potter" sold for $471,000 in the United States on Thursday in what the auctioneers said was a world record price for a 2Oth century work of fiction. ![]()
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