Original ‘Harry Potter’ cover art sells for $1.9 million, setting auction record ...Middle East

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By Amarachi Orie and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — 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. It had been expected to sell for up to $600,000 – the highest presale value ever placed on a Harry Potter-related item, according to auction house Sotheby’s – but the hammer went down at more than three times that amount. Sotheby’s said it took nearly 10 minutes for the four-way bidding to conclude in New York on Wednesday. The watercolor cover art was created by author and illustrator Thomas Taylor. The image features young wizard Harry Potter – with his unmistakable da

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