So apparently Amazon UK paid almost £2 million for one of the copies of J. K. Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard. You can see pics and read reviews here. Thanks to wordnerdy for the heads up. I'm amused by the number of people suggesting (in comments at Amazon UK) that there's something wrong with them spending this amount of money on one book, regardless of the fact that it's a handmade object by an insanely popular author and the fact that all the money's going to charity. I'm just glad that one of the copies ended up in the hands of someone willing to post pictures and reviews online.