PARIS (REUTERS).- Finding a safe investment in
crisis times may be tough, but just a year before Hollywood takes Tintin
to the
big screen, collectors are vying for rare memorabilia of the cub Belgian
cartoon
hero at a Paris auction. The Tintin series — created by Georges Remi
under his
pen name Herge — has become one of the most popular comics in the world
with
translations in more than 50 languages and 200 million copies of the 24
books
sold. There is huge appetite for collectors of anything related to the
diminutive investigative journalist and adventurer. The Paris auction on
May 29
includes 230 items from about 70 collectors that even Herge’s foundation

Moulinsart, a partner in the sale, never knew existed.