Christie's to offer rare first edition 'Harry Potter' book - with errors - in private sale

An auction house staff holds a rare first edition and signed by the author copy of 'Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone' by British author J.K. Rowling, which is to be put up for auction at Christie's auction house in London. Photo: Reuters

A first edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, with some errors and signed by author J.K. Rowling, is going up for a private sale at Christie's in London, with the auction house inviting offers starting from £200,000 pounds (RM1.1mil).

The publication is one of 500 hardback copies of the book that were printed in an initial run in 1997. Three hundred of those were sent to libraries.