Painting for the original cover of 'The Blue Lotus' (Lotus Bleu) Tintin comic book (1936), is displayed before being auctioned by Artcurial in Paris. Photo: Reuters
A painting of comic book hero Tintin that for years was kept folded in a drawer is to go on sale at a Paris auction house on Thursday with an estimated sale price of more than €2mil.
The painting is the work of Belgian illustrator Georges Remi, better known by his nom de plume Herge, who was the author of the Tintin comic books. He died in 1983.
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