3.2 million Euros! The original painting of The Adventures of Tintin was sold at a high price 2021-01-25 16:48 By: GMW.cn
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On the 14th local time in France, the French auction house Artcurial claimed that an original painting by Hergé, creator of The Adventures of Tintin, was sold at an online auction for 3.2 million euros, breaking the previous comic art. Auction records. It is said that in 2014, a comic by Hergé was sold for 2.65 million euros.
reported that the painting was provided by the heir of Louis Casterman, the publisher of The Adventures of Tintin. Allegedly, Hergé gave the painting to Casterman s son, who folded it and put it in a drawer.
Rare Tintin Artwork Sells For $3.2 Million
Rare Tintin Artwork Sells For $3.2 Million
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Paris, France A unique painting of comic character Tintin – that was kept in a drawer for 80 years before it was rediscovered – was sold for $3.2 million at an auction in Paris, France.
The Artcurial auction house offered a glimpse of the rare Tintin drawing, a masterpiece by Herge, to comic book lovers before it went under the hammer. The original cover of the Tintin comic book ‘The Blue Lotus’ broke previous records for comic book art.
“This is the first time that this drawing is being auctioned,” said Artcurial communications officer Anne-Laure Guerin.
An original painting by Tintin creator Herge sold for a record 3.2 million euros ($3.9 million) at an online auction on Thursday, auction house Artcurial announced.
The cover illustration for Tintin’s
Blue Lotus, drawn by Hergé, has set a new record price for cartoon strips
15 January 2021
An illustration for the cover of the
Blue Lotus, the fifth Tintin comic, sold yesterday for €3.175 million at auction, setting a new record for comic strip illustrations.
The cover created in 1934 by Georges Remi – better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin – was sold by the Casterman family in Paris.
Controversy over image rights
The Casterman family are heirs of Tintin publisher, Louis Casterman.
The family say the drawing was given to Mr Casterman’s 7-year-old son by Hergé, who then folded it up and kept it in a drawer for years. The image was only found decades later.