A collection of 553 first editions of J.K. Rowling’s wizard works are to be auctioned in London.

Tim Toone, 33, began collecting copies of every version of Rowling’s works in October 2002, the Daily Mirror reported on Monday.

“No one has ever amassed such a collection. It has cost him a pretty penny. It is almost obsessive,” said Roddy Newlands of Bloomsbury Auctions, which is scheduled to handle the Feb. 28 sale in London.

Posted: 02|18|08 at 10:07 pm. Filed under: UK News.