The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolor, was destined as a cover for The Blue Lotus, the fifth volume of the Belgian journalist’s adventures.
The cover joins other Tintin works which have also drawn big paydays at auction, with some surpassing $1.5 million.
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