A rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book, hand-drawn by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, has sold for a record 1.3 million euros ($1.6 million) at auction in Paris. The “Tintin in America” cover depicts a cowboy version of Tintin and his dog, Snowy, eating while axe-wielding Native Americans creep up on them. “If he had been able to get it for less, I think he would have been happy,” a friend of the anonymous buyer told Reuters. The rare cover is one of only five remaining originals by Hergé (born Georges Remi), with only two remaining in private hands.
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