An original watercolour illustration has become the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold - fetching $1.9m (£1.5m) at auction in the US. The artwork for the first edition of JK Rowling's. Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000.
The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling's 1997 novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million. There is perhaps no book more recognized and beloved in pop culture than the Harry Potter series.
And this June, an auction at Sotheby's confirmed that. On June 23, Thomas Taylor's original watercolor for the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was put up for auction, fetching a staggering $1.9 million. It was estimated at between $400,000 to $600,000, marking the.
The original watercolour artwork for the cover of the first Harry Potter novel by J.K. Rowling The Philosopher's Stone has been sold at auction, becoming the most expensive piece of Harry Potter memorabilia in the world. The item has sold for more than three times the expected price at $1.9million at an auction in the United States, the painting has sent shockwaves through the auctioning.
The original watercolor painting that was later used as the cover art for the first ever "Harry Potter" book shattered a franchise memorabilia record when it sold at Sotheby's auction house. The original 1997 illustration for the front of the first Harry Potter book has set a record for Potter. An original watercolour painting which was used for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold for a record amount at auction.
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Rowling's first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, or Sorcerer's Stone in the US, introduced audiences to.