The auction of a rare Harry Potter book found at an Oxfordshire primary school which originally failed to sell has seen a “fairytale ending” as the volume was eventually bought for thousands by a local businessman.
An uncorrected proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was sold for £15,000 yesterday after failing to achieve its reserve price when it went up for auction on Tuesday. The new owner – who is from Faringdon, Oxfordshire – plans to display the book in a local museum in the hopes of attracting tourism to the area.
