A rare first edition of a Harry Potter book has sold for £36,000. Christine McCulloch bought the copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for her son Adam in the 1990s. She said she paid about £10 for the copy from a bookshop in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1997 and had no idea the same book would be worth thousands of pounds, 30 years later.

The rare Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first edition was bought for £10 from a Kenilworth bookshop in 1997.

Written by J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the first novel of the Harry Potter series that was published in 1997.

First edition JK Rowling book sells for £36,000 - The ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ first edition was purchased for £10 in 1997

Nearly 30 years after being bought for just 10 pounds, a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for 36,000 pounds at an auction on Wednesday.