NEW YORK, United States — The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' — the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard — will go up for auction in New York on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, United States — The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' — the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard — will go up for auction in New York on Wednesday.The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 years old in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the lightning bolt scar and the round glasses, is expected to fetch from $400,000 to $600,000 at Sotheby's.
Only 500 copies of the first edition were printed, and 300 of them were sent to libraries, according to Sotheby's.But the book soon became a runaway bestseller.Twenty-seven years later, the so-called 'Potterverse' features Rowling's seven original books, a blockbuster film franchise, a critically acclaimed stage play and video games.More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold in 80 languages.
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