Original Harry Potter artwork takes a magical $1.6m result

The original artwork for 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' sold at Sotheby’s for $1.6m (£1.3m) plus 20% buyer’s premium in New York on June 26.

The 1997 artwork by Thomas Taylor was expected to fetch $400,000-600,000, but a battle between two…

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