A proof copy of the first Harry Potter novel that was bought for pennies in a second-hand bookshop almost 30 years ago has sold at auction for 11,000 pounds ($13,900.)

British auctioneers HansonB次元官网网址檚 said Monday that the first-edition copy of which states B次元官网网址渦ncorrected proof copyB次元官网网址� on the cover, was bought in 1997 from a shop in south London with two other books for a total of 40 pence ($0.50.)

The seller, who was not named, picked up the book about the famous boy wizard as a B次元官网网址渢hrow-inB次元官网网址� with other titles and didnB次元官网网址檛 read it or pay much attention to it for years B次元官网网址� until she read online about the high prices some Potter copies achieved, HansonB次元官网网址檚 said.

The book was sold to a private U.K. buyer on Wednesday for a hammer price of 11,000 pounds, and a total of 14,432 pounds including a sales premium.

Jim Spencer, head of books at the auction house, said the copyB次元官网网址檚 inside title page mistakenly stated the authorB次元官网网址檚 name as B次元官网网址淛 A RowlingB次元官网网址� instead of .

B次元官网网址淭his 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,B次元官网网址� Spencer said.

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