An amazing lot of previously unpublished sketches, heavily annotated by Hergé, together with a quartet of books, went under the hammer on 21st May,
Dating from 1953, the four pages of sketches show multiple views of the characters. The books included were a gift from Hergé to the recipient, and are Objectif Lune, On a marché sur la Lune and Le tresor de Rackham le Rouge , all in French, plus a mint copy of the very scarce The Secret of 'The Unicorn' in the Casterman English language edition of 1952. The Unicorn/ Rackham pair are dedicated, signed, and dated by Hergé himself.

With a pre sale estimate of 800/1200 the pre auction bids were already at £4,000 then accelerated quickly between 3 telephone and multiple online bidders to the winning bid of £22,500 + BP.

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