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The Tales of Beedle the Bard on display now at Sotheby’s

by Wendy on November 28th, 2007

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is now on display at Sotheby’s auction house; it’s being auctioned off for charity. Here’s some information and images of and from the book:

“The Tales of Beedle the Bard ” is a collection of wizarding fairy-tales of special significance manuscript within “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. ”

This is the most extensive Harry Potter-related autograph manuscript ever to have been offered at auction. One of seven specially-made copies, all other copies are to be given by the author to family and those most intimately involved with the phenomenally successful series.

More after the jump:

Details of the manuscript:
Autograph manuscript of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard ” translated from the original runes by J.K. Rowling. Individually handwritten and extensively illustrated by the author, c.160 pages written in an Italian hand-made notebook, bound in brown morocco, and embellished with five individually hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted moonstones.

NB: There is no buyer’s premium on the sale of this lot. Not sold with copyright. The buyer may not publish or reproduce this work or any extract from it.

Purchase the limited-edition catalogue:
A special 48 page commemorative catalogue for this unique item is being produced and will be available to purchase. The catalogue contains a message from the author about the creative inception of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” plus images from the manuscript itself.

Profits from the sale of the catalogue will be donated to The Children’s Voice. The Children’s Voice is a campaign run by the Children’s High Level Group, which was co-founded in 2005 by JK Rowling and MEP Emma Nicholson.

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Here are a couple of images from the book itself:

For more of a look INSIDE the book, click here: The Tales of Beedle the Bard Preview.

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