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05-25-2014, 09:53 AM
Tintin drawings sell at auction for $3.1 million, setting comic strip record
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An original page of drawings featuring the intrepid boy reporter Tintin has sold at auction for $3.1 million, a new world record for a comic strip.
The piece, dating from 1937 and signed by the creator Herge, went to an American collector after 15 minutes of furious bidding at the Artcurial auction in Paris.
Experts said the sum, $3.7 million including fees, or $3.1 million without, reflects the new enthusiasm for cartoon items, which have seen prices soar in a decade.
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Photo: The original 1932 cover of Tintin in America was the previous record holder. (AFP: Joel Saget) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-25/cover-of-the-1932-comic-tintin-in-america/5476474)
The piece sold is a double page ink drawing created by the Belgian artist for the inside cover of the Tintin adventures published between 1937 and 1958, featuring images drawn from the various albums.
Tintin appears with his dog Snowy in different situations, as a cowboy, an explorer, a knight in shining armour, on a horse or in the desert.
The previously highest-selling comic piece, also by Herge - the cover for Tintin in America created in 1932 - sold for $1.3 million to a Tintinophile last June.
"I thought only these inside cover pages could beat the record set by Tintin in America in 2012. This has happened today with this exceptional drawing," said Artcurial's cartoon expert Eric Leroy.
"This new world record confirms the place of cartoon art as a major art form," he said.
The gallery owner Daniel Maghen, who also works with comic art, estimates that prices for cartoon art have multiplied tenfold in the last decade.
Tintin drawings sell at auction for $3.1 million, setting comic strip record - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-25/tintin-sets-comic-strip-record-at-auction/5476472)
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An original page of drawings featuring the intrepid boy reporter Tintin has sold at auction for $3.1 million, a new world record for a comic strip.
The piece, dating from 1937 and signed by the creator Herge, went to an American collector after 15 minutes of furious bidding at the Artcurial auction in Paris.
Experts said the sum, $3.7 million including fees, or $3.1 million without, reflects the new enthusiasm for cartoon items, which have seen prices soar in a decade.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4049022-3x4-340x453.jpg (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-25/cover-of-the-1932-comic-tintin-in-america/5476474)
Photo: The original 1932 cover of Tintin in America was the previous record holder. (AFP: Joel Saget) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-25/cover-of-the-1932-comic-tintin-in-america/5476474)
The piece sold is a double page ink drawing created by the Belgian artist for the inside cover of the Tintin adventures published between 1937 and 1958, featuring images drawn from the various albums.
Tintin appears with his dog Snowy in different situations, as a cowboy, an explorer, a knight in shining armour, on a horse or in the desert.
The previously highest-selling comic piece, also by Herge - the cover for Tintin in America created in 1932 - sold for $1.3 million to a Tintinophile last June.
"I thought only these inside cover pages could beat the record set by Tintin in America in 2012. This has happened today with this exceptional drawing," said Artcurial's cartoon expert Eric Leroy.
"This new world record confirms the place of cartoon art as a major art form," he said.
The gallery owner Daniel Maghen, who also works with comic art, estimates that prices for cartoon art have multiplied tenfold in the last decade.
Tintin drawings sell at auction for $3.1 million, setting comic strip record - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-25/tintin-sets-comic-strip-record-at-auction/5476472)