Original Tintin comic artwork sells for more than €1m

Two pages of Hergé adventure story King Ottokar’s Sceptre auctioned in Paris, achieving higher price than expected

The original artwork for the last two pages of the Tintin comic book King Ottokar’s Sceptre sold for a total of €1.046m (£0.82m) at auction on Saturday in Paris.

“This is only the second time a Tintin plate has exceeded a million euros,” Eric Leroy, comic book expert at French auction house Artcurial, told AFP.

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