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A rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book has been sold for a record 1.3m euros (£1m; $1.6m) at auction in Paris.

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A rare 1932 hand-drawn cover of a Tintin comic goes for 1.3m euros at auction in Paris - setting a new record for the genre.