A rare first edition of a Harry Potter novel has been sold for £27,500 - by Harry Potter. Mr Potter was just eight when the first in the series of JK Rowling's blockbuster novels came out. He was given Harry Potter and The (0) Philosopher's Stone by his "flabbergasted" father in 1997, when (0) he realised it was about a wizard together with his son's name. (25) Mr Potter said although his family decided to sell the book to (26) honour his late father, who died in 2017. His sister said: "I remember (27) Dad bursting through the front door was waving a book, shouting (28) 'You won't believe what I've got!' At first, we were bit confused. (29) Had someone written a book looking for Harry? The coincidence (30) of the namesake was that what made us open the first book, but the (31) magic word of the story kept us turning the pages for years." (32) Mr Potter has spent the time since the book at first came out having (33) to convince more people that Harry Potter really is his name. "People (34) just don't believe me. When I was a young footballer, a referee (35) threatened me with a red card for saying him my name was Harry Potter," he said.
