Overview
- The auctioneer opened bidding at €260,000, but offers did not reach the reserve set by the seller.
- The Hergé original had been estimated at €300,000 to €500,000 based on its scarcity and market demand.
- Aguttes indicated interested parties may still negotiate privately over roughly the next two weeks.
- The artwork is a 1950 reworked Planche VII from Land of Black Gold, drawn in India ink with watercolor and showing empty speech bubbles.
- A half-page from Asterix: Rentrée Gauloise sold for €73,297, exceeding its €40,000–€60,000 estimate.