Original Tintin 'King Ottokar's Sceptre' art sells for $1.2 million


Tintin works by the Belgian artist Herge are becoming increasingly popular with collectors. - AFP/File

Paris (AFP) - The orginal artwork for the last two pages of the Tintin comic book "King Ottokar's Sceptre" sold for a total of 1.046 million euros ($1.2 million) at auction in Paris.

"This is only the second time a Tintin plate has exceeded a million euros," Eric Leroy, comic book expert at French auction house Artcurial, told AFP.

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