The Ephemerist

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Tintin madness

As Charles Bremner reports, you’re looking at 764,200 euros (1.22 million dollars) here. That’s what this illustration in indian ink and gouache, was worth according to an anonymous French collector at a Paris auction last week. The total auction (653 comics-related items) made a good 3.4 million euros. Ils sont fous, les bédéphiles…

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