Update: Sotheby's auctioning off multiple First Edition 'Potter' books

We reported late last night that Sotheby's auction house in London, UK was going to be auctioning off a very rare, deluxe first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Today, we have received word that this will not be the only magical treasure for a rare Harry Potter book collector to bid on.

Sotheby's will also have:

Lot 149: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, Bloomsbury 1997. Click here for large image view.

Lot 151: Complete set of Deluxe Harry Potter volumes, the first four signed by J.K. Rowling. Click here for large image view.

As for Lot 150 (the Deluxe Edition we mentioned previously), we now have a few of the illustrations from Thomas Taylor, who drew the very first image of 'The Boy Who Lived.'

Cover | JKR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

The auction of these gems is scheduled for December 15th at 10:30AM GMT.

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