Harry Potter prequel goes for €31k at auction

AN 800-WORD prequel to the Harry Potter series, handwritten by author JK Rowling, sold for about €31,000 at a charity auction yesterday.

With the winning bid of $48,858, the absent bidder paid more than $59 a word for Rowling’s short story during the event at the flagship of Waterstone’s book store chain in London.

Proceeds will benefit the writers’ association English PEN and a dyslexia charity.