Watercolour drawing for first book’s cover becomes most expensive item from the series ever sold at auction
A watercolour drawing for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has fetched a record amount at auction.
The artwork for the cover of the first book in the JK Rowling series fetched $1.9m (£1.5m) at a sale by Sotheby’s auction house in New York on Wednesday.
The dealer said it was “the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction”.
A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was thought to be the highest price recorded for an item from the fantasy series.
