Tintin takes Chicago taxi ride to Paris auction

Tintin has had another good day out in Paris. In an Artcurial sale on April 8 a European collector paid €753,000 (£643,815), including premiums and taxes, to buy an ink drawing done by Hergé for the 1937 comic book Tintin in America.

The drawing, showing Tintin standing on the running board of a speeding taxi as he pursues crimina…

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