A short story prequel to the Harry Potter series has been stolen from a home in Kings Heath, Birmingham. That short story was handwritten by JK Rowling on a postcard. She is urging anybody who sees the piece for sale to contact the police. The story had been auctioned for $32,000. Other valuables, including jewelry, were also stolen during the theft.
The short story is only 800 words long, but it gives a lot of backstory to the Harry Potter books. It details a misadventure of James Potter and Sirius Black with a muggle policeman. It also shows the flying motorcycle of Sirius Black and a glimpse of Death Eaters. It would be a shame to have this rare treasure stolen and potentially gone forever. This connects to the 1990 robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in which $500 million of art was stolen and has not yet been recovered.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/europe/harry-potter-prequel-stolen/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool
I love Harry Potter so that means a lot to me, someone really needs to find it.
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