First Edition PoA book to make £20,000 at auction -
The BBC are following an item on auction Summary:
The BBC have been keeping track on an item, a PoA First Edition book which has two days left on Ebay. The current bid is at £2,050 but they expect it to reach £20,000.
Article: First Edition PoA book to make £20,000 at auction The BBC are following an auction over at
Ebay. The
item which is expected to get £20,000 at auction has already clocked up £2,050. The auction is still open for another 2 days and 10 hours.
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The sellers on eBay describe the book as a "genuine first print, first issue hardback" and detail distinctive errors on the title page and first page.
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Publishers Bloomsbury told BBC News Online it was impossible to verify the copy's authenticity without seeing it.*
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The sellers say they have kept the book unread and sealed in an airtight box since buying it in 2000 for £600.*
They have decided to auction it for money to invest in their business after watching its value soar over the past four years.*
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They say the book can be proved to be a first state copy because the author's name on the reverse of the title page is printed as Joanne Rowling.*
(Instead of J.K.Rowling as it was later printed)
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Also, on the first page of the story there is a dropped line of text between the word 'burnt' and 'so much'.
Pictures of these distinct features can be found over at the item's auction page at Ebay.
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In January this year, an uncorrected proof copy of the first Harry Potter book - with the author's name spelled wrongly - sold for £1,250 at auction.*
A signed first edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was sold by the author's father for £27,500 at auction in 2003.*
The CBBC have left this comment:
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One Potter expert told Newsround he would be surprised if the book reached £20,000.
He thought the book was probably worth closer to £2,000.
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