Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000.
In a statement shared with NPR, the auction house said the artwork is expected to sell for $400,000 to $600,000 — a record estimate for anyTaylor's illustration — which depicts the boy magician with his trademark round spectacles and lightning bolt-shaped forehead scar boarding the train to Hogwarts from King's Cross Station's platform 9 3/4 — was first offered at auction at Sotheby's in London in 2001, according to the statement.
It was the artist's first professional assignment. According to Taylor, he wasn't given much in the way of creative license. "I was actually asked to paint this scene by the editor at Bloomsbury who said, 'could you please paint Hogwarts at King's Cross Station and Harry approaching the Hogwarts Express?'"said Taylor in aI was very new and just starting out, so I didn't feel I could say 'No, I think it should be something different.' So I was just doing what I was told, really.""It was a stack of paper. It was only printed on one side.
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