Harry Potter book sells for £2,000 at Norfolk auction

The first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows which was auctioned at the White Horse to raise cash for a cancer charity.This picture shows Hannah and Amy Wallsgrove reading the book.

16 November 2009 11:00



A grandmother helped raise thousands of pounds for charity when she bought her little grandson a rare Harry Potter book.

The anonymous bidder paid £2,050 for the book at the White Horse pub's charity auction in Overstrand on Saturday night in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Bruce Stratton, a spokesman for the pub, said the woman, who lives in north Norfolk, planned to give it to her first grandson as a gift and an investment.

The book, a first edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was signed by author JK Rowling and is worth about £4,000.

Meanwhile, at an auction in Norwich on Saturday, a city carpenter's antique tool box and tools sold for more than £1,000. They once belonged to Ralph Youngman, of Sprowston, who died 16 years ago and were being sold by his son Alan.

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