The watercolor cover art was ... of the book, the auction house said. However, it was not used for the US edition of the book, which was released with the title “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ...

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 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 watercolor cover ... from art school to design the book jacket, the auction house said. The artist, Thomas Taylor, would go on to establish the world’s conception of Harry Potter, with ...

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 sold ... the pressure of producing the cover art for one of the most famous books in the world," Mr Taylor ...

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 ...