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| | Harry Potter News Latest news and rumors about the Harry Potter world! | 
06-10-2008, 10:16 PM
| | |  Potter prequel sells for £25,000 (UPDATED)
The Harry Potter prequel, written and donated to Waterstone's by J.K. Rowling that we told you about last month brought in £25,000 ($48,855 U.S.) at an auction in London today. The money raised from the 800-word storycard, which tells a tale about the early days of James Potter and Sirius Black, will be donated to two charities: English PEN and Dyslexia Action.
Source: Bloomberg UPDATE: Jo had the following to say; Quote:
Speaking at the auction, Rowling said: "I had great fun writing the card and I'm absolutely delighted it has raised £25,000 for such a worthy cause."
The buyer was Hira Digpal, president of a Tokyo-based investment-banking consulting company, Red-33 who had originally intended to bid £50,000. He intends to use the prequel for further charitable purposes. Quote:
“Here I am, owning a piece of literary history,’’ said Digpal in a phone interview from Tokyo. “I think I got a bargain. Hopefully, we can raise much more than the sale.’
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06-10-2008, 10:17 PM
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|  HEFC Co-PresLeprechaun
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06-10-2008, 10:25 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
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Whoaaaah. But I wouldn't expect any less of a turn out from something from Jo. Who bought it? | |
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06-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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whoah, almost $50k smackers!  | |
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06-10-2008, 10:34 PM
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| | Plimpy
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That was awesome! | |
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06-10-2008, 10:36 PM
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Wowza! That's a lot of money for just a prequel. I bet it's worth it though! | |
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06-10-2008, 10:50 PM
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I heard it will be available online soon to read... I'll be looking forward to that for sure  | |
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06-10-2008, 10:58 PM
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| Luff PuffPadfoot's Pawprint Headz&Tailz<3 Phoenix
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 Can anyone get a sneak peak on that story? 
thats a fantastic donation to charity though | |
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06-10-2008, 11:11 PM
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|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
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That's quite a lot of money, alright!
Can't wait to read it myself | |
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06-10-2008, 11:38 PM
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| | Ramora
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That's awesome! Way to go, people that bought it! lol. | |
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06-10-2008, 11:55 PM
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Kind of thought that this was going to be the price... Another hit for J.K. Rowling. | |
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06-11-2008, 12:11 AM
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| | Hippocampus
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wicked, wish i could read it though! :] | |
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06-11-2008, 12:24 AM
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I wouldn't expected less for a work of JK!! THis is great after all is for good cause!! | |
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06-11-2008, 01:38 AM
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ok i nearly choked when i read the amount it went for....God, though, Sirius and James? i am dying to read it....they certainly are like real people arent they? | |
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06-11-2008, 02:47 AM
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I hope that it will eventually be sold in stores, although it will probably only be 10 pages or so. | |
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06-11-2008, 02:51 AM
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WOW!!!!
That's A LOT of $$$... | |
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06-11-2008, 03:10 AM
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That's a lot of money! | |
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06-11-2008, 03:59 AM
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Ummm...
THat's like
Lots of money...
Wow... | |
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06-11-2008, 04:48 AM
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Wow. Thats alot of money! I cant wait to read it, if we can read it, that is. | |
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06-11-2008, 06:48 AM
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06-11-2008, 08:16 AM
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i hope they sell copies of it | |
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06-11-2008, 08:45 AM
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| | Gnome
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I know lots of people have said this but WOW thats a lot of $$$ lol, of course it's something really rare! i wonder who bought it?? | |
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06-11-2008, 12:18 PM
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| | Plimpy
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 are they ever gonna tell us who bought it? plus, seems like 25,000 sterling is low for a really rare story n one which aint anyone gonna ever see... | |
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06-11-2008, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Alohomora  Whoaaaah. But I wouldn't expect any less of a turn out from something from Jo. Who bought it? The buyer was an absentee bidder. Quote:
which aint anyone gonna ever see...
It's online and will be in a book available to buy from August. | |
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06-11-2008, 01:56 PM
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that is a looooooooooooot of money!!!! | |
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