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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Tintin drawing sells for record €1.55m in Paris auction

Original artwork by Hergé from Explorers on the Moon was expected to sell for between €700,000 and €900,000

An original drawing from the popular Tintin adventure Explorers on the Moon has sold for a record €1.55m (£1.3m) in Paris, auction house Artcurial has announced.

The 50cm x 35cm drawing in Chinese ink by the Belgian cartoonist known as Hergé shows the boy reporter, his dog, Snowy, and sailor Captain Haddock wearing spacesuits and walking on the moon while looking at Earth. It had been expected to sell for between €700,000 and €900,000.

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