Carina Haouchin was one of only 15 people in the UK to win a copy of the signed book.
An ultra rare copy of a Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone book has sold at auction for a whopping £15,000.
“The tenement experienced a tragic fire at the beginning of the year. Thankfully nobody was injured but it is now uninhabitable. I’m very grateful the book survived. The winner received one of the exclusive books and a family holiday to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort in the United States while 14 runners-up received one of the books.
“At the time of the competition, it was the passion of my little brothers that kept it alive in me. “In recent years it has become less important to me but it still makes me nostalgic to look back on it.I found out about the competition in a magazine.
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