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An original watercolor illustration for the cover of "Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone," the first book in J.K. Rowling's series, sold for $1.9 million at a Sotheby's auction earlier this week. Thomas Taylor was just 23 and working in a bookshop when he painted Harry on Platform 9 3/4, awaiting the Hogwarts Express. Here's CBS's report on the auction. Click the second link to read Thomas Taylor's account of creating the iconic image.

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