An ultra-rare first edition Harry Potter bough purchased for only 30p has managed to sell for £10,500.
The copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was grabbed after a library withdrew it from use. It turned out to be one of only 500 published by Bloomsbury in 1997 and one of just 300 that were issued to libraries across the UK.
A buyer of the book recognised its value after Wolverhampton Library decided it was in too poor of a condition to be lend out so it decided to sell it super cheap. Initially, it was valued between £3,000 and £5,000 but after a bidding war at Richard Winterton Auctioneers’ Antiques in Lichfield, Staffs, it sold for more than £10k.
