Framed in leather, studded with semi-precious stones and put up with a asking price 50 thousand. pounds manuscript of an unpublished book by J.K. Rowling was sold at an auction in London for a staggering sum 1,95 million pounds. “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” (“Tales of the bard Beedle”) is a collection of five fairy tales about wizards, which the author of the adventures of Harry Potter hand-written and illustrated. Only seven copies of this book were produced, which are different from each other. The author donated six copies to people, which contributed most to the publication of the Potter books. Last, the seventh volume of the best-selling series – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”) – mentions five stories told by Hogwarts principal Albus Dumbledore to student Hermione Granger. They are what make up “Tales of the bard Beedle”. Just one of those stories (“The Tale of the Three Brothers” – “A story about three brothers”) is known, because it has been told in this volume. Revenue from the sale of the J.K. manuscript. Rowling donated to support the charity helping children, The Children is Voice. She founded it in 2005 year with MEP Emma Nicholson. Purchaser of the manuscript – not copyright though – is Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, an art dealer. Its competitors were five other applicants.
Sothebys' director of manuscripts and rare books, Philip Errington, said, that for the last time the manuscript aroused equally great interest “Alice in Wonderland”. It was sold on behalf of Alice Liddell, which was the prototype of the heroine of the book by Lewis Carroll, published in 1865 R. A triple world price record was broken at the auction – for the manuscript of a living writer, a book for children and a book by J.K. Rowling.
Record price for Rowling's manuscript.
