Harry Potter casts spell on bidders
Code locked in a briefcase for two decades, a finely preserved, 1997 first issue of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was finally released this summer after being delivered by its Lancashire owners into the hands of a Derbyshire saleroom.
On October 10 it sold for £46,000.
It arrived at the Etwall saleroom of Hansons (20% buyer’s prem…