Lot 440 · Printed Books and Maps
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION
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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $473–$789
- Result
- upcoming — 31 January 2012
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Printed Books and Maps, Oxford · 31 January 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2245330
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Bonhams, 31 Jan 2012, lot 440. estimate £300–£500, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2245330.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
87% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 86%, 80% sold.
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Bonhams, 31 Jan 2012, lot 440. estimate £300–£500, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2245330.
From the same sale Printed Books and Maps · Jan 2012
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|---|---|---|---|
| OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY MERCURIO (GERONIMO SCIPIONE) La commare o ri… | OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY MERCURIO (GERONIMO SCIPIONE) La commare o riggoglitrice | £400–£600 | |
| OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchem… | OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchemens, 2 vol. | £400–£600 | |
| Collected Essays, 2 vol. | Philosophy Bradley | £100–£200 | |
| A bound volume of engraved plates by Dolivart, Le Pautre and others a… | Berain | £500–£700 | |
| CANOVA (ANTONO). ALBRIZZI (ISABELLA) The Works of Antonio Canova, in … | — | £300–£400 | |
| Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 vol. | Cescinsky | £100–£200 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, seventeenth impres | $823 | Bonhams, Nov 2017 | |
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, FIRST DE LUXE EDIT | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, FIRST EDITION, Blo | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second impression | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Bonhams, Jan 2012 | ||
| Churchill | Shall We Commit Suicide?, Reprinted from Nash's Pall Mall Ma | Bonhams, Jun 2021 | ||
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second impression, | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Rowling | ROWLING (J.K.) [The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and | Bonhams, Mar 2025 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.