J.K. Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, just went up for auction and ended up making nowhere near the amount expected. The last of 7 handwritten editions of the book (which will not be published) was expected to go for around $100,000, so I'm sure there were some pleasantly surprised faces when bidding closed just shy of $4 million dollars.
The money will be donated to The Children's Voice, a charity that campaigns for the rights of children in Europe and was co-founded by Rowling and Baroness Nicholson back in 2005. In response to the auction's end Rowling was "ecstatic" and was quoted as saying "It means Christmas has come early to me this year."
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12-13-2007 @ 9:37PM
josh said...
How did this book make "nowhere near" the amount expected when the expected amount was $100,000 and it sold for $4mil
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12-14-2007 @ 1:45AM
JW-C said...
Josh........ read what you just wrote. HAHA. Oh dear.
WOW. What an amazing outcome. Great to know the money is being passed on to somewhere that needs it. Well done.
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12-14-2007 @ 2:29PM
Lana Smilov said...
You know who bought it, right? Amazon.com.
Read it here: www.infogift.info
Lana
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