Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000.

The watercolor cover art for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was painted in 1996 by a recent art school graduate from Britain who was working at a bookstore.

Original ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Art Could Fetch Up To $600,000 At Auction—Possibly Breaking Book Series’ Record By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff.

The previous record for franchise memorabilia stood at $421,000 for a first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" sold in 2021.

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the previous record-holder. It sold for $421,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas in 2021.

The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” has sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million.

J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was the beginning of what would become a worldwide phenomenon. Now, the original illustration for the first edition of ...

His cover art took only two days to create. Harry Potter’s place in literary history The illustration was on the cover of the first edition of the novel in 1997, which quickly became a bestseller.

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000.

Original Harry Potter Cover Art Sells for $1.9 Million at Auction An original watercolor illustration by Thomas Taylor for the cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold for a ...

Thomas Taylor's original cover illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) is expected to break auction records at Sotheby's on June 26. Sotheby's ...