The Early Harry Potter Books Are Worth a Lot Of Money

Another inscribed first-edition Harry Potter book, shown at The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh in 2017. Neil Hanna, AFP/Getty Images

Mental Floss: Two Harry Potter Books Worth Nearly $4000 Showed Up on Antiques Roadshow

First-edition Harry Potter books are extremely valuable—even more so if their pages contain a handwritten note from JK Rowling herself. A schoolteacher who owns early copies of Harry Potter book 1 and 2 in the series had both of these factors working in her favor when she brought them to the BBC program Antiques Roadshow for appraisal. Together, the two books are worth £2,000 to £3,000 (approximately $2600 to $3900), according to expert Justin Croft, who evaluated the books in a recent episode filmed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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WNU Editor: They probably will be worth a lot more 50, 100 years from now.

Harry Potter Fans Are Going To Love This

Marie Claire: Gigantic Harry Potter wands will light the way home for Londoners this winter

We hope you’ve practiced your swish and flicks and memorised your incantations. It turns out that London is set to get a little bit more magical this month, as nine gigantic wands are going to be installed nearby one of the capital’s biggest attractions: St Paul’s Cathedral. Beyond being a super cool nod to the wizarding series, they also light up at their tips to guide the way for those finding their way home.

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WNU Editor: It should be awesome.