Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone artwork sells for record £1.5m

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Watercolour drawing for first book’s cover becomes most expensive item from the series ever sold at auction

A watercolour drawing for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has fetched a record amount at auction.

The artwork for the cover of the first book in the JK Rowling series fetched $1.9m (£1.5m) at a sale by Sotheby’s auction house in New York on Wednesday.

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