Tintin over the moon

Actually, on the moon. A page design by Belgian artist Hergé, creator of Tintin, was sold in Paris on Saturday for 1.55million euros. The album On a marché sur la lune is one of the holy grails of Tintin collectors.

Tintin covers on show in Paris exposition

All the record prices for BD (bandes dessinées) pages and rare volumes are held by Hergé with the designs for the end pages making 2.6 million euros in 2014. The appeal of BDs is very much a French thing, even Tintin is barely appreciated by we Anglo Saxons.
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