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Drawing of Belgian cartoon hero Tintin sells for 1.1 mln euros in Hong Kong

Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

A rare drawing of comic book character Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Herge has sold for 1.1 million euros (about 1.23 million U.S. dollars) at an auction in Hong Kong, Belgian media reported on Monday.

Public broadcaster RTBF reported that the black-and-white sketch comes from the "The Blue Lotus", the 1936 Adventures of Tintin volume which made Herge so famous in China.

Paris-based auction house Artcurial, which organized the sale in Hong Kong, said the buyer was an Asian comic book collector who put in a winning bid of 9.6 million Hong Kong dollars.

"The Blue Lotus is considered by experts to be Herge's masterpiece ... It was unusual to discuss the topic of China in Europe in the 1930s," a statement quoted Articurial cartoons expert Eric Leroy as saying.

According to the auction house, it is the last original drawing from The Blue Lotus comic book in circulation; the others are in museums. Endit