After years in a drawer, Tintin painting tipped to fetch over 2 million euros


  • World
  • Thursday, 14 Jan 2021

Painting for the original cover of quotThe Blue Lotusquot Lotus Bleu Tintin comic book 1936 is displayed before being auctioned by Artcurial in Paris France January 13 2021. REUTERSNoemie Olive

Painting for the original cover of "The Blue Lotus" (Lotus Bleu) Tintin comic book (1936), is displayed before being auctioned by Artcurial in Paris, France January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Noemie Olive

PARIS (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 2 million euros.

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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