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April 1, 2019
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Books and reading
First edition Philosopher’s Stone sells for $128,000
Mistakes pay! A rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone fetched a record price of AU$128,000 at a recent London auction, thanks largely to some Muggle-made mistakes. The unique copy is just one of 500 first editions printed with a number of errors, including the word “Philosopher’s” on the back cover without the second “o”. It is thought that 300 of the original first editions were sent to libraries, making pristine copies extremely rare. A similar first edition copy previously sold at auction in the US for AU$110,000. Do you have one of these rare first editions? Here’s what