"This book so deserved to do well. This proof copy is where the Harry Potter phenomenon began. This is the very first appearance in print of the first Potter novel," Spencer said.

A lthough the Harry Potter franchise has pretty much been spread across every medium in 2025, it was the Harry Potter books ...

The "very first appearance in print" of the first book in J.K. Rowling's Harry ... Hansons Auctioneers said that an uncorrected copy proof of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" – a ...

It fully deserves to reach the top end of £15,000 to £20,000,” Jim Spencer, head of books at Hanson Auctioneers ... who produced all eight original Harry Potter films, is also in talks to ...

In 2012, a then-15-year-old Carina Haouchine, from Scotland, scored a winning copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” published to mark the books’ 15th anniversary, according to ...

Adam McCulloch, from Tansley, Derbyshire, said the copy had been left in a cupboard under the stairs of his family's former house in Chesterfield - much like Harry Potter in the book and film series.

“This book so deserved to do well. This proof copy is where the Harry Potter phenomenon began. This is the very first appearance in print of the first Potter novel,” Spencer said. The Seattle ...