An authentic illustration of the duvet of the primary ‘Harry Potter’ guide offered for almost $2 million

The photograph was taken by photographer Thomas Macin Taylor. In 1997 he was commissioned by the writer Bloomsbury to design a canopy for the primary Harry Potter guide. So Taylor was one of many first to be allowed to learn the manuscript of the guide. He painted the watercolor in 2 days.

The image exhibits a younger Harry Potter on London platform 9 3/4 earlier than he takes the Hogwarts Specific for the primary time to the wizarding faculty of the identical title. ‘Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone’ is the primary guide within the standard 7-part collection by creator JK Rowling.

The books had been finally translated into over 80 languages ​​and offered over 600 million copies. The books had been later made into a movie starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The movies collectively generated about $8 billion.