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Tintin comic book cover fetches record price at auction

A rare 1932 cover illustration of "Tintin in America" by Herge, the artist who dreamed up the boy reporter, on Saturday fetched a record 1.3 million euros ($1.6 million) at an auction in Paris.

"The work has been sold at 1,338,509.20 euros, costs included, by a person who wishes to remain anonymous," a spokesman for the auctioneers, Artcurial, told AFP.





The previous owner, another Tintin collector, had bought it for 764,218 euros in 2008, which had until today stood as the record price in this domain.

While Artcurial had not announced an estimate of what they thought it would fetch this time,  a spokesman said they had expected it to break the one-million-euro mark.

Belgian comic book artist Herve painted the Indian ink and gouache colour cover for the first edition of the book, which first appeared in 1934.

One of only five such works of cover art remaining by Herve, it shows the young adventurer dressed as a cowboy sitting on a rock, his dog Snowy at his side, as three Indians, two wielding axes, creep up behind him.

The sale Saturday was part of a larger sale of Tintin-related memorabilia.

In February a Belgian court refused to ban the sale of "Tintin in the Congo", rejecting a complaint from a Congolese man, Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, that it was filled with racist stereotypes about Africans.

Herge himself, real name Georges Remi (1907-1983), who revised some of the scenes for later editions had himself justified the book by saying it was merely a reflection of the naive views of the time.

Last year, film director Steven Spielberg released a 3D film, "Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn" and is already planning a sequel.

 

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만화 표지, 역대 최고가 경신! 얼마길래...

유럽의 대표적인 캐릭터인 틴틴 시리즈의 하나인 '틴틴 인 아메리카'의 1932년 표지화가 19억원이 넘는 역대 최고가에 팔렸다.

경매업체인 아르퀴리알 대변인은 익명의 구매자가 원작자 에르제의 '틴틴 인 아 메리카' 표지화를 133만8천509유로(약 19억4천700만원)에 낙찰받았다고 2일(현지시간) 밝혔다.

판매자는 이 표지화를 지난 2008년 76만4천218유로에 구입한 것으로 알려졌다.

본명이 조르주 프로스페 레미로 유럽 만화계의 아버지로도 불리는 에르제의 틴틴 시리즈는 소년기자 틴틴이 애견 밀루와 함께 세계를 다니며 겪은 모험을 담고 있다.
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