Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

My stepdaughter had it, and she knows I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd. So, I offered her a $2,000 antique Oriental rug in trade...

APPRAISER

Gracious, me!

GUEST

...and she took it.

APPRAISER

Oh, lovely. Well, it's pretty evident that you brought the fifth of the "Harry Potter" first editions,

an English edition

"Harry

Potter

The Order of the Phoenix." And you've got a signed first edition. We see the first edition marks on the back, the copyright page. You've got a very nice book, but it needs something else. It needs a dust jacket. Where is that?

GUEST

Well, that's at home. It's in excellent condition, but I foolishly didn't think that you might want that also.

APPRAISER

It's not in quite fine condition. It's got what's known as lean and some bruising at the top and tail of the spine. It's bowed there. It's not fine, but I'd say it's in near fine condition.

GUEST

Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER

As it is without the dust jacket, I think it's probably $1,800 to $2,000 as a... as an auction, a realization at auction.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

If it had the dust jacket, and the dust jacket's in comparable condition, you're looking at a value of over $2,500.