Tintin Originals
AFP have a interesting story on how Herge’s original paintings for the Tintin strips are becoming highly collectable works of art.
A 1932 oil painted for by the Belgian author Herge for the cover of “Tintin in America” is the star item at a one-off sale of 650 comic originals Saturday in Paris, with a starting price of 280,000 euros (440,000 dollars).“A museum piece. Sublime,” writes the Artcurial gallery and auction house, which is organising the sale, in its catalogue.
