Secret
Harry Potter Book to Go on Sale
11/21/07
A
secret Harry Potter book is set to go under the hammer for $100,000 at a
special auction in London.
The Tales Of Beedle The Bard was produced as a farewell to the boy
wizard by author J.K. Rowling, and proceeds of the sale will go to benefit
The Children's Voice campaign; a charity Rowling established to help
vulnerable children.
The tome - handwritten and illustrated by Rowling - is being sold off
at London auction house Sotheby's on 13 December (07), but the almost
unique volume will be available for fans to view from 9 December until the
sale four days later.
Rowling produced seven copies of The Tales Of Beedle The Bard, all of
which are different, but are each leather bound and decorated with silver
ornaments and moonstones.
The book is a volume of five fairytales given to Potter character
Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the final book of the series,
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Only one of the tales appears in the
widely-released book.