A British charity has sold a complete set of Harry Potter books autographed by their author, J.K. Rowling, on eBay for £18,200 (NT$1.2 million).
Bidding for the seven books on the online auction site closed at midnight on Sep. 29 after a starting offer of £100 (NT$6,650). The books were sold to raise money for a charity called Books Abroad.
Rowling's mother-in-law, Barbara Murray, works for the Scottish charity. Books Abroad supplies books to schools worldwide.
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The set received 63 bids. The charity did not say who had bought the books.
Rowling agreed to donate the books as part of the charity's 25th anniversary celebrations. The books were stored in a local police station while the auction was running.
The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997. The final and seventh novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, came out in English on July 21.(Staff writer, with afp)
一家英國慈善團體在eBay拍賣網上，以一萬八千兩百英鎊的價格（約合新台幣一百二十萬元），賣出J.K.羅琳親筆簽名的全套《哈利波特》小說。
全套七本書以一百英鎊的價格在拍賣網站上起標，於上個月二十九日午夜十二點結標。這套書是為了替一個叫「Books Abroad」的慈善團體募款而拍賣。
羅琳的婆婆芭芭拉:莫瑞為蘇格蘭這家慈善機構工作。「Books Abroad」專門提供書籍給世界各地的學校。
整套書獲得了六十三次出標，但該慈善團體未透露得標者身分。
羅琳同意捐出這套小說，來慶祝該慈善團體二十五週年。拍賣期間，這套書存放在當地的警察局裡。
這套小說的第一集，《哈利波特：神秘的魔法石》於一九九七年出版。第七集也是最後一集的《 哈利波特：死神的聖物》英文版已於今年七月二十一日上市。 （法新社／翻譯：楊鴻泰）
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