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Key Background. The request to create the first ever Harry Potter cover art was offered to Taylor when he was working in a children's bookstore by Bloomsbury Publishing and was the artist's first ...

A watercolor illustration by Thomas Taylor, who was a 23-year-old bookseller when he first painted the work, sold for $1.9 million to become the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction.

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. Accessibility links.

The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” has sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million.

Sotheby's via CNN Newsource The watercolor illustration of fictional young wizard Harry Potter in front of the Hogwarts Express train is expected to sell for up to $600,000 on June 26.

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original ...