The original watercolor illustration for the cover of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, the first book in author J.K. Rowling’s famous series, is now the most expensive piece of Potter ...

The watercolor cover art was created by author and ... However, it was not used for the US edition of the book, which was released with the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” ...

The watercolor cover art for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s ... was part of the private library of an American book collector and surgeon, Dr. Rodney P.

The original watercolor painting that was later used as the cover art for the first ever “Harry Potter” book shattered a franchise memorabilia record when it sold at Sotheby’s auction house ...

The new %27Harry Potter%27 covers will be ... because he is also an author himself Harry Potter is getting a new look — or at least new book covers. On Wednesday, J.K. Rowling's American ...

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 US$1.9mil ...

In short: The original watercolour illustration for the first Harry Potter novel has ... the pressure of producing the cover art for one of the most famous books in the world," Mr Taylor wrote ...

Expelliarmus to all previous records! An original watercolor illustration for the cover of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, the first book in J.K. Rowling's international hit series ...

More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold in 80 languages An art handler holds Thomas Taylor’s original cover art for J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ...