The book cover art that introduced readers across the world to Harry Potter is expected to break auction records next month. This past week, Sotheby's announced the auction scheduled for June 26 ...

The record for an item related to the book series is currently held by an unsigned first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” which sold for $421,000 at Heritage Auctions ...

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the previous record-holder. It sold for $421,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas in 2021.

The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” has sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million.

Original ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Art Could Fetch Up To $600,000 At Auction—Possibly Breaking Book Series’ Record By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff.

His cover art took only two days to create. Harry Potter’s place in literary history The illustration was on the cover of the first edition of the novel in 1997, which quickly became a bestseller.

The watercolor cover art for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was painted in 1996 by a recent art school graduate from Britain who was working at a bookstore.

Thomas Taylor's original 1997 watercolor illustration for the cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which achieved a record-breaking sale price at a Sotheby's auction in New York on ...

J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original illustration for the first edition of ...

The original ‘Harry Potter’ book cover art is expected to break records at auction By Chloe Veltman (NPR) May 5, 2024 8:05 a.m.