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Original Tintin drawings to raise £2.2 million

Christmas card drawings from 1942 set to go up for auction in Paris in November.

A collection of Tintin original ink drawings will go up for auction in Paris next month, and is expected to raise £2.2 million.

The 20 pictures, from 1942, were originally used on Christmas cards and have estimates of £110,000 each.

They will be accompanied by 11 of the cards. These were the first marketing products for The Adventures of Tintin comics and are estimated at £10,000 each.

The auction is due to be held at Artcurial in Paris on November 19.

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