This Harry Potter Item Just Became The Most Expensive Ever Sold At Auction—By Almost 400%

This post was originally published on Forbes Middle East

The original watercolor painting that was later used as the cover art for the first ever “Harry Potter” book shattered a franchise memorabilia record when it sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York Wednesday for $1.9 million—almost four times as much as the previous record holder’s sale.

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