A copy of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone which cost 50p from a charity shop and was covered in children's doodles has sold for £15,500 at auction.
The owner found the tatty book in a box in a charity shop in Manchester in November and took it to an auctioneer who discovered it was a rare first edition.
It had been expected to fetch between £2,000 to £3,000 but smashed its estimate today (Wed) to sell for more than five times the amount.
