Chair author sat on while she wrote Harry Potter books sells for 150 million Naira

An oak chair that JK Rowling used while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series has sold for $394,000 (150 million Naira).

The 1930s chair was one of four mismatched items of furniture given for free to the then little-known writer for her council flat in Edinburgh.

She wrote Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets while she was sat on it.

The seller, Gerald Gray, from Worsley, Greater Manchester, said the winning bid from an anonymous private buyer far exceeded his expectations.

"I plan to donate 10% to JK Rowling's charity, Lumos, because that's what she did in the first place," said Mr Gray, who runs a vehicle speed control equipment company called AutoKontrol in Oldham and Sarasota, Florida.

He said he would like to see the new buyer display it somewhere where children could see it, perhaps in a museum or theme park.

He bought the chair in 2009 after his daughter, a Harry Potter fan, saw it on eBay.

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