A rare first edition of a Harry Potter book has sold for £36,000. Christine McCulloch bought the copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for her son Adam in the 1990s. She said she paid about £10 for the copy from a bookshop in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1997 and had no idea the same book would be worth thousands of pounds, 30 years later.

A RARE first edition Harry Potter book bought for £10 nearly 30 years ago is up for auction and could sell for £50,000 because of one small detail. The Philosopher’s Stone first edition is one of

Christine McCulloch purchased the book for about £10 (approximately Rs 1,070) in 1997 from a Stratford-upon-Avon bookshop as a gift for her son Adam, unaware it would become a valuable collector's item decades later.

Multiple rare first editions of Harry Potter books, as well as signed editions and proofs are now up for auction from online bidders.

Two of rarest Harry Potter books ever printed could achieve £100,000 at the world's first auction dedicated entirely to the famous boy wizard. The copies of The Philosopher’s Stone are among a collection of Harry Potter memorabilia expected to top £126,000 when it goes under the hammer.

The rare Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first edition was bought for £10 from a Kenilworth bookshop in 1997.

The trio watched one afternoon as author JK Rowling discussed her new book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and its popularity. As a result, Christine bought her son a copy for about £10 at a bookshop while the family were on holiday in 1997.

Written by J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the first novel of the Harry Potter series that was published in 1997.

Nearly 30 years after being bought for just 10 pounds, a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for 36,000 pounds at an auction on Wednesday.