{"id":205007,"date":"2016-04-07T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T10:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=205007"},"modified":"2016-04-07T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T10:27:20","slug":"harry-potter-chair-sold-almost-400000-auction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/harry-potter-chair-sold-almost-400000-auction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Harry Potter’ chair sold for almost $400,000 at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"
A chair that author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two Harry Potter books has sold at a New York auction for nearly $400,000 (\u00a3283,000).<\/p>\n
The 1930s piece was one of four mismatched chairs that the British author picked up for free in Edinburgh, Scotland, before she rose to fame.<\/p>\n
Ms Rowling originally auctioned the chair to benefit her charity in 2002.<\/p>\n
She hand-painted the chair, which auctioneer James Gannon said made the piece so valuable.<\/p>\n
It features the phrases: “O, you may not find me pretty but don’t judge on what you see” and “I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair”.<\/p>\n