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.