To United Kingdom for ₽6,2 million sold a copy of the first edition of "Harry Potter"

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Moscow, on December 13 - Argumenty i fakty. Copy of the first editions of the book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" of Joan Rouling who lay 26 years in a closet under a ladder, sold at auction to United Kingdom for 55,1 thousand pounds sterling (6,2 million rubles). The Derbyshire Times newspaper reports about it, specifying that auction Hansons Auctioneers took place in County of Derbyshire on Monday, December 11. According to the edition, the former owner of the book — the 58-year-old inhabitant of Derbyshire. The woman bought it in 1997 during automobile travel with a family, the book was on sale at a discount for 10 pounds...