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Auction archive: Lot number 319

ROWLING, J.K. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD, PRESENTATION COPY OF THIS FAMOUS MANUSCRIPT, 2007 (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
ca. US$374,586 - US$624,310
Price realised:
£368,750
ca. US$460,428
Auction archive: Lot number 319

ROWLING, J.K. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD, PRESENTATION COPY OF THIS FAMOUS MANUSCRIPT, 2007 (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
ca. US$374,586 - US$624,310
Price realised:
£368,750
ca. US$460,428
Beschreibung:

Rowling, J.K. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL RUNES, 2007 ONE OF SEVEN MANUSCRIPT COPIES BY THE AUTHOR OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF SIX COPIES PRESENTED TO A PERSON 'MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS', individually handwritten and illustrated by the author, 155 pages containing c. 6000 words and 17 vignette illustrations, small 8vo (175 by 120mm), within an Italian handmade notebook with deckle-edged cream-coloured leaves, brown morocco, embellished by the Edinburgh silversmiths Hamilton and Inches with five individual hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted rhodochrosite stones, spine in compartments with raised bands, detachable clasp in hallmarked sterling silver with mounted rhodochrosite stone, green endpapers, green head and foot bands together with green marker ribbon, presentation cloth bag from Hamilton and Inches together with jewellers’ box, some small marks to lower cover

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Rowling, J.K. THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL RUNES, 2007 ONE OF SEVEN MANUSCRIPT COPIES BY THE AUTHOR OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF SIX COPIES PRESENTED TO A PERSON 'MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS', individually handwritten and illustrated by the author, 155 pages containing c. 6000 words and 17 vignette illustrations, small 8vo (175 by 120mm), within an Italian handmade notebook with deckle-edged cream-coloured leaves, brown morocco, embellished by the Edinburgh silversmiths Hamilton and Inches with five individual hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted rhodochrosite stones, spine in compartments with raised bands, detachable clasp in hallmarked sterling silver with mounted rhodochrosite stone, green endpapers, green head and foot bands together with green marker ribbon, presentation cloth bag from Hamilton and Inches together with jewellers’ box, some small marks to lower cover

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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