The Conqueror
16-12-2007, 06:31 PM
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories which is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows). After the publication of Deathly Hallows, Rowling authored and published a limited edition of a work of the same name, purportedly the same storybook as portrayed in Deathly Hallows; a copy of this work fetched for £1.95 million at the auction
Only seven copies of the book have been created, all hand written and illustrated by Rowling. Each copy is leather-bound and decorated in silver and semi-precious stones. One copy of the book, the "moonstone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_%28gemstone%29) edition",[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-5) was auctioned by Sotheby's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s) on 13 December (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) to raise money for The Children's Voice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children%27s_Voice), a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe. Although it was expected to make just £50,000 the book was purchased for a hammer price of £1,950,000 by London fine art dealers Hazlitt Gooden and Fox[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-6)[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-7) on behalf of Amazon.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com).[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-8) The other copies of the book have been given away as gifts.
Stories
"The Tale of the Three Brothers"
"The Fountain of Fair Fortune"
"The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"
"Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"
"The Warlock's Hairy Heart"READ MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard)
Only seven copies of the book have been created, all hand written and illustrated by Rowling. Each copy is leather-bound and decorated in silver and semi-precious stones. One copy of the book, the "moonstone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_%28gemstone%29) edition",[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-5) was auctioned by Sotheby's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s) on 13 December (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13) 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) to raise money for The Children's Voice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children%27s_Voice), a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe. Although it was expected to make just £50,000 the book was purchased for a hammer price of £1,950,000 by London fine art dealers Hazlitt Gooden and Fox[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-6)[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-7) on behalf of Amazon.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com).[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard#_note-8) The other copies of the book have been given away as gifts.
Stories
"The Tale of the Three Brothers"
"The Fountain of Fair Fortune"
"The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"
"Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"
"The Warlock's Hairy Heart"READ MORE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard)