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Rare Tintin comic book art expected to sell for millions at Paris auction The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolour was destined as a cover for The Blue Lotus, but it never sat on any book store shelves because it was rejected for being too expensive to reproduce on a wide scale.
The inked and water-painted original panel of the comic character Tintin from the 1936 The Blue Lotus album drawn by Belgian creator Herge, is displayed at the Artcurial auction house in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
By Press Association 2021
A 1988 polychrome resin sculpture of the comic character Tintin and his dog Snowy (Michel Euler/AP)
Comic book lovers and tourists alike can catch a socially distanced glimpse of a Tintin drawing by Herge in Paris before it goes under the hammer on Thursday.
The artwork is estimated to sell between two and three million euros and possibly break the record for the most expensive comic book art in history.
The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolour, was destined as a cover for The Blue Lotus, the fifth volume of the Belgian journalist’s adventures.
But it never sat on any book store shelves because it was rejected for being too expensive to reproduce on a wide scale, a victim of its own rare craftsmanship.
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