| J.K. Rowling’s Book of Handwritten Fairy Tales |
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Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at
an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding
fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
is one of only seven handmade copies in existence. The purchase price
was £1,950,000, and Ms. Rowling is donating the proceeds to The
Children’s Voice campaign, a charity she co-founded to help improve the
lives of institutionalized children across Europe.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is extensively illustrated and handwritten by the bard herself–all 157 pages of it. It’s bound in brown Moroccan leather and embellished with five hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. 
The titles of the five tales are:
1. “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”
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