Tintin Cover Becomes Most Expensive Original Comics Art Ever

This weekend, a cover to 1932′s Tintin in America by Belgian artist Herge made even more famous by the films by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson sold for $1.6 million dollars in Paris auction house Artcurial Saturday, setting a record for original comic book art, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In doing so, the piece broke its own record, set in 2008 when the current seller bought it for $973,000.

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