One copy of J.K. Rowling's handmade Harry Potter tie-in, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, complete with hand-drawn artwork by Rowling, bound in Moroccan leather and ornamented with sterling silver and moonstones, has been sold at a Southeby's auction to Amazon.com for $4 million.
The other six copies of the book were all apparently given as gifts to friends and associates of Rowling, with this single copy going to auction, to benefit The Children's Voice, a charity founded by Rowling and Baroness Nicholson of Britain's House of Lords.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book mentioned prominently in the text of the final Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was released this past July.
For more information, including images of/from the book and reviews of the stories in the book, visit Amazon.com's Beedle the Bard site.
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