Your Old Harry Potter Books Could Be Worth A LOT of $$$$$$$

We've all got a list of stuff we keep meaning to sell on TradeMe "as soon as we find the time", but according to a new book, certain editions of the famous Harry Potter series could earn you quite a bit of cash!

Author Philip W Errington has published a new book called 'J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013', which includes a chart revealing how much early editions of her works are worth, based on his time working at auction house Sotheby's.

You will need to check out the book itself to see the chart, but we've simplified its findings to see just how much your Harry Potter books might get you.

Turns out the older the book, the more moolah you get. Here's our breakdown...

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone: If it was published by Bloomsbury, is a hardback and the cover shows Harry standing by a train, you're in luck. AbeBooks, a book site, reckons you can get as much as $81,000 for this rare print, especially if you have a copy that is credited to 'Joanne Rowling' instead of J.K.

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: The hardback of the second will net you a significantly lower price, but could still land you up to $13,000. 

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: The third novel, which was also published by Bloomsbury, has some commercial value, but it's equal to that of the American print of the first book - that is, the change of title to the 'Sorcerer's' Stone - which can go up to $1035, which means you won't be able to get as $$$.

After the third book, later titles from The Goblet Of Fire to The Deathly Hallows had huge numbers printed to deliver to the larger demand. So unless you got a special edition or a signed copy, you're looking at not much more than $10.

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