The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” -- the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard -- sold for $1.9 million on Wednesday.
“The illustration was chased by four bidders on the phone and online for nearly ten minutes before selling to applause.” Taylor was working at a children’s bookstore in Cambridge, England, when he was tapped by publisher Barry Cunningham at Bloomsbury to paint the image for J.K. Rowling’s book, which was to be released in London on June 26, 1997.
“So, he knew about the world before anybody else, and it was really up to him to think of how he visualized Harry Potter,“ Sands told AFP ahead of the auction.
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