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:
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I would toterly expect nothing less :D Weeeee first to post! :D |
Whoaaaah. But I wouldn't expect any less of a turn out from something from Jo. Who bought it? |
whoah, almost $50k smackers! :gasp: |
That was awesome! |
Wowza! That's a lot of money for just a prequel. I bet it's worth it though! :D |
I heard it will be available online soon to read... I'll be looking forward to that for sure :) |
:shifty: Can anyone get a sneak peak on that story? :lol: thats a fantastic donation to charity though :D |
That's quite a lot of money, alright! Can't wait to read it myself :D |
That's awesome! Way to go, people that bought it! lol. |
Kind of thought that this was going to be the price... Another hit for J.K. Rowling. |
wicked, wish i could read it though! :] |
I wouldn't expected less for a work of JK!! THis is great after all is for good cause!! :) |
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? |
I hope that it will eventually be sold in stores, although it will probably only be 10 pages or so. |
WOW!!!! That's A LOT of $$$... |
That's a lot of money! |
Ummm... THat's like Lots of money... Wow... |
Wow. Thats alot of money! I cant wait to read it, if we can read it, that is. |
:hermy: wow!tht's a cool sum!!but not good enough for a charity cause..and for a hp prequel!!it's worth much more ppl!!:gryff: :gryff: |
i hope they sell copies of it |
I know lots of people have said this but WOW thats a lot of $$$ lol, of course it's something really rare! i wonder who bought it?? |
:hermy: 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...:hermy: |
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that is a looooooooooooot of money!!!! |
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