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Harry Potter bought for 50p in charity shop sells for 15k pounds

A battered old Harry Potter book bought for 50p from a charity shop has sold for 15,500 pounds in a hard-fought auction.

The first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is one of just 500 copies from the first run in 1997.

Described as "charming" by the auction house, it is full of a child's scribbles and was initially expected to sell for about 3,000 pounds.

It was found among the dusty boxes of a Manchester charity shop and sold following a "colossal battle". An anonymous collector in the US was the lucky bidder in the end.

"What a battle for the battered and bruised Potter," auctioneer Charles Hanson said.

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