more on the Sotheby auction in Dec.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL2020699220071120

Sotheby's auctioneers displayed a rare copy of J.K. Rowling's book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" on Tuesday, ahead of a charity auction on December 13 when the work is expected top fetch up to $100,000.

The volume, bound in brown leather and decorated with a silver skull and moonstones, is a hand-written collection of fairytales mentioned in the Harry Potter author's last wizard saga.

Of the five wizarding fairytales, only one -- "The Tale of the Three Brothers" -- is told in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".....


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aXzc1Bp1PZiw&refer=home

Sotheby's is betting Harry Potter's fame will lift a handwritten fairy tale by J.K. Rowling to a record 50,000 pounds ($103,000) at a Dec. 13 London charity auction.

''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'' went on show today at the auction house, with a valuation similar to a 1902 edition of Beatrix Potter's ``The Tale of Peter Rabbit.'' The success of the Harry Potter books, which have sold more than 350 million copies, will spill over onto Rowling's latest work, Sotheby's said.....