3.2 million Euros! The original painting of "The Adventures of Tintin" was sold at a high price

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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.

According to reports, the original painting is 34 cm long and 34 cm wide. In the painting, Ding Ding and his dog Bai Xue poked their heads out of a porcelain vase, facing a dragon. It is said that the painting was originally planned to be used as the cover of the "Blue Lotus" comic of "The Adventures of Tintin". But because the publisher thought it was expensive to present this scene, the final printed cover was a simplified version of the same scene.

Artcurial auction house stated that the buyer of the painting was a “private collector,” but did not disclose his identity.