From The Economist.com:
Harry Potter and the Hugely Profitable Sketches
LOT 311A in Sotheby's sale of English literature and children's books will follow the auctions of works by W.B.Yeats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and J.R.R. Tolkien, among others. Preceding it are a couple of stern and unusual injunctions. "The buyer may not publish or reproduce this work or any extract from it," states the catalogue. Although it will be exhibited in New York and London before the sale, the book will be kept in a sealed glass cabinet.
It is humble piece by an author who has sold more copies and has more uncritical admirers than any living author, which means it must be by J.K.Rowling, author of Harry Potter and all his works. The work at auction was not just written by her. It was handwritten by her.
Patti's Comments to JK: I know lots of kids with disabilities that would love to meet you, or benefit from any other work or art work you want to donate....You know, I watched a great movie, Bruce Almighty, (while recovery from neurosurgery). The God figure, played wonderfully by Samuel L. Jackson, suggested that to make a difference in the world you just need to engage in Random Acts of Kindness (RAK)- I congratulate you, JK, for yours!! Keep up the good work and motivation of the rest of us!!
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