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What a world we live in! Nothing is predictable. The experts in some areas can’t assume and estimate, the buyers are on their own, the spectators in awe…
Remember a news a few weeks ago about 7 books written by J.K.Rowling, where 6 were being given away as gifts and one was to be auctioned?
Read here: The Tales to be Auctioned
The estimated price for the collection of fairy tales “The Tales of Biddle and Bard” handwritten and illustrated by J.K Rowling and mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was set to about $100,000.
It was sold for almost 40 times more than the estimate, for nearly $4 million at the charity auction in London, on Thursday.
“The price for the leather-bound fairy tale, illustrated by Rowling with ink drawings, was a record for the author, for a children’s book and for any modern literary manuscript, Sotheby’s said. Manuscripts by living authors are rare in the auction room.”
It’s been said, that the book will never be published.
The source: www.bloomberg.com
August 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
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