First Edition Harry Potter Sold For £150,000

One first edition copy of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone containing 20 hand drawn illustrations and annotations made by the author, JK Rowling has been sold at auction for £150,000.

The book was first published in 1997 and has since  turned into a worldwide box-office movie series starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

The sale room fell silent as two determined bidders fought for the novel, reaching up to £25 000 before a telephone bid closed the deal at £15 0000. The auction carried over 50 celebrated first editions all who had written annotations and drawings in spaces and margins within the pages. Other highlights included Roald Dahl's Matilda with new illustrations from Quentin Blake which sold for £30 000, Kazuo Ishiguro's  The Remains Of The Day fetched £18 000, Julian Barnes' Metroland went for £14000 and Alan Bennet's The Uncommon Reader sold for £11 000.

Overall, the auction brought £439 200 for charity.