First edition 'Harry Potter' paperback at Cork auction

This copy of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' could be yours for €3,000 when it goes under the hammer in Bandon

A first edition of the first Harry Potter book at Hegarty's.

A first edition of the first Harry Potter paperback is estimated to fetch €3,000 when it goes under the hammer in Cork next week.  

The online sale by Hegarty Antiques & Fine Art Auction Rooms in Bandon, Co Cork, from 5pm on Tuesday will feature a first paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone  — one of 5,150 copies in wrappers. 

Both paperback and hardback editions of the JK Rowling work were published on June 26, 1997. This copy is estimated at €3,000.

The sale also offers art by Graham Knuttel and a selection of antique furniture, collectibles and jewellery including contents from Clother House in Kinsale, Co Cork.

A leather L-shaped sofa by Fendi at deVeres.

Meanwhile, art by Patrick Scott, Frank McKelvey, Charles Brady and Louis le Brocquy will feature in the Christmas Art & Design Auction at deVeres of Dublin. 

The timed online auction which closes on Tuesday, December 12, offers 20th-century pieces by designers like Charles and Ray Eames, Rolf Benz and Fendi.