This already happened in Dorset in 2019.

It took nearly 10 minutes for the four-way bidding to finish on Wednesday. The identity of the buyer was not revealed.The artist behind the illustration, Thomas Taylor, was only 23 years old in 1997 when he created the iconic image of Harry Potter standing in front of the Hogwarts Express - the train that would lead the young bespectacled wizard into the magical world.

It was done using concentrated watercolours with black pencil outlines and took him two days to finish.Mr Taylor, who grew up in Wales, was one of the first people to read the manuscript for the original Harry Potter book, which went on to sell millions of copies and spawned a lucrative franchise including movies and theme parks.that he was working at a children's book shop in Cambridge in 1996 when he was inspired to send examples of his artwork to publishers, including Bloomsbury who went on to give him the Potter job.

Ms Sands said the difference in auction price between 2001, when only four of the seven books in the series were published, and now reflected just how popular author Rowling's creation had become."In the intervening decades, it's been extraordinary to see just the conclusion of Harry's story, but also how the Harry Potter franchise has taken off, and in that time, new generations have come to appreciate Harry and his journey as well."

Celebrations are to take place across Lincolnshire to mark Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

On 8 May 1945, people around the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous day.Orlik now lives in his late mother's house in the town where he is cared for, but struggles to speak.

Over the years, he had fortunately also stored many pieces there.Mr Pietruska started to go through the mass of art, providing pieces for exhibitions in London and Wiltshire.

"I started unravelling these, so I took them to the Polish community centre here, because they had a large dance floor," he explained."I photographed them all and started recording, numbering them, naming them and then put them into tubes."