Chair
J.K. Rowling wrote 'Harry Potter' on
sells for
almost $400,000
The humble
Chair J.K. Rowling sat on while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter ****** was auctioned in New York City on Wednesday for $394,000.
An a**nymous private collector made the winning bid, Heritage Auctions said.
The
Chair is one of four mismatched chairs given to the then little-k**wn writer for her flat in Edinburgh, Scotland, and which she used while writing "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
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The seller, Gerald Gray, of Worsley, England, said the winning bid far exceeded his expectations.
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