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A private U.S. buyer coughed up $485 a word for a 93-word synopsis of the yet-to-be completed fifth book about wizard boy wonder Harry Potter. "It was sold to a telephone bidder from America for 28,680 pounds ($45,180)," a spokesman for auction house Sotheby's told Reuters. The final price for the collection of random words giving a tantalizing glimpse into the plot of "Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix" was nearly five times the pre-sale estimate of up to $9,500. J.K.Rowling, the author of the world's most popular children's books, offered the teaser for sale Thursday to raise funds for Book Aid International. The actual content of the plot preview will remain the secret of the buyer who bought it sight unseen -- although Sotheby's did release a selection of the chosen words as a taster before the auction. "Thirty-eight chapters ... might change ... longest volume ... Ron ... broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new teacher ... dies ... sorry," were obviously more than enough to generate vigorous bidding as Potter mania continues to sweep the globe. xponent Anxious Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
