It didn’t take long to find out who paid £1,950,000 (roughly $4 million) at auction for one of seven copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling’s handmade book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series: Amazon is the proud new owner of the 157-page book. But rest easy, even though you may never get to hold one of these instant classics, you will get to bask in the glory of it all as the retail giant not only posts pictures of the beautifully bound book but also reviews the tales here.
The proceeds all go to charity (The Children’s Voice campaign), so go ahead and dream: If money were no object, what would you pay to own this?
Dec 14
2007
09:52 PM ET
J.K. Rowling's 'Beedle the Bard' bought by Amazon at auction
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I wouldn’t want to own it, but I’d love the chance to borrow it.
this just makes me miss Harry Potter even more…
I would love to have that. If I could own a copy, awesome. That would be incredible. But just to be able to read that would be enough for me.
I looked at the pictures on Amazon yesterday and boy… can you say book p0rn?! That is one beautiful book – I love the skull, I love the seriously old-fashioned look. It looks like it’s got all the secrets of the world in it. Wouldn’t pay anything for it though – I’m too cheap to pay millions for a new book, regardless of its beauty. Now, if you were talking The Book of Kells, then we could start to negotiate…
Wait a minute… 1.9 pounds is equivalent to 4 mil American? Jeez…
When I was in high school, we took a field trip to Mark Twain’s house in CT. Because he was famous while he was alive, most of his possessions are still there, and have been preserved for a century. This includes his library of first edition Dickens and other now-classics. My English teacher and I hung back on the tour to run our fingers over the spines of books that had seen so much history, and that had possibly come straight from the authors themselves.
Being able to see this book would quite possibly give me that same feeling.
If money were no object, what wouldn’t I pay to own this!
For the six people she gave the other copies of the book to it’s got to be one of (if not THE) most awesome gifts ever. How often to you get a rare novel at all much less one that’s leather bound with silver and semi-precious stones? How often do you get any book that’s entirely hand written? (I do appreciate the descriptions of how her handwriting changes.)
That’s one heck of a thank you!
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i would pay anything for a book like this! i am a REALLY big fan of her books and from the reviews, this book is BEAUTIFUL!! I have seen pictures, and I wold LOVE to have a copy! If I were to get one of these books, I would feel like I had the whole world contained in a leather-bound box. I can only hope that someday, I will be able to rad it.