Watercolour drawing for first book’s cover becomes most expensive item from the series ever sold at auction

The illustration for the first book sold for $1.9m - more than three times the expected price.

The illustration for the first book sold for over NZ$3.1m at auction, more than three times the expected price.

The illustration for the first book sold for over NZ$3.1m at auction, more than three times the expected price.

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...

It was in the debut edition of J.K. Rowling's 1997 novel. The original watercolor illustration for the cover of "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's...

The original watercolour painting that was also the cover for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has been sold at...

NEW YORK: The original watercolour illustration for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” – the book that introduced...

A rare first edition Harry Potter book that features a spelling error of 'Philosopher's' on its lower cover has sold for more than $A86,000 at...

A rare and remarkable painting by one of Việt Nam’s leading modern artists, Nguyễn Phan Chánh's Les Chanteuses de Campagne, was sold at the...