Potter book sells for &#36;18,000 at auction
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A first edition Harry Potter book fetched $18,000 at auction Tuesday.
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A copy of the first trade edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the first book in the seven-volume series, fetched 19,700 pounds ($40,000) at auction on Thursday, Christie's said.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million  pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price --  at auction on Thursday.
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The seventh and final Harry Potter book goes on sale at midnight, a publishing milestone that will end months of fevered speculation among fans over the fate of the fictional boy wizard and his wand-wielding friends.
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Deathly Hallows becomes world's fastest-selling book, with 2.7m copies in 24 hours sold in UK alone.
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The Harry Potter phenomenon reached its tumultuous climax this morning as âHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,â the seventh and final installment in the hugely popular series by J .K. Rowling went on sale at 12:01 a.m.
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The latest installment in the Harry Potter series won&#39;t hit stores for more than six months but it has already topped at least one bookseller&#39;s most wanted list and is racking up thousands of advance orders, retailers said Wednesday.
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Asda Supermarket in the UK dropped the price of the new Harry Potter book from Â£8.87 to Â£5, the same price as rival chains. To prevent people from buying in bulk, they will limit customers to two copies. Asda wants to make sure children will be able to...
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One of the most hyped books in history  goes on sale this week with the release of the seventh and  final installment of the Harry Potter series.
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U.S. sales of the seventh and final  Harry Potter volume hit an estimated 8.3 million in the first  24 hours, confirming its place in the history books as the  fastest-selling book ever.
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The seventh and final book in J.K.  Rowling&#39;s Harry Potter series has become online retailer  Amazon&#39;s most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million  copies bought globally ahead of the book&#39;s release on July 21.
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Harry Potter worked his magic last year when âHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,â the fifth in the adventures of the boy wizard, took in $97.95 million to become the top-grossing film at box offices in Britain and Ireland.
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One of the most hyped books in history goes on sale this week with the release of the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series.
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A bawdy 17th-century play billed as the rarest known piece of English pornography sold for &#36;88,300 at auction Thursday.
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The final book in the series by J.K. Rowling sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.
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The seventh and final Harry Potter book goes on sale at midnight, a publishing milestone that ends months of fevered speculation among fans over the fate of the fictional boy wizard and his wand-wielding friends.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price -- at auction on Thursday.