Lot no. 91
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The 7 Crystal Balls
India ink on paper for a
for a vignette
for the albums of
Tintin albums, produced in 1950
Tintin, Professor Tournesol and
Snowy in front of the window housing Rascar
Capac. Handwritten annotations in pencil
in blue pencil. Very beautiful corresponding passage
to plate 28 of the original edition
of this album published in 1948 by
22 × 13 cm.
Tintin and Professor Tournesol
discover, in the villa of
the mummy of Rascar
of Rascar Capac, "He-who-chains-the
the fire of the sky", tied up
in its display case, with its diadem
decorated with feathers representing
and gold bracelets.
bracelets. His withered face is
disturbing, and even if the curse
curse that people are beginning
since some members of the
members of the Sanders-Hardmuth
Hardmuth expedition are suffering
sickness, is not yet troubling
the almost supernatural way in which he
supernatural way in which he vanishes into thin air,
and then come back to haunt the sleep
in the form of a terrible nightmare
of Tintin and Haddock,
will suddenly upset
the mood of the story. Rascar Capac's
of Rascar Capac may already be
already at work.
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Tintin and Professor Sunflower
discover, in the villa of
Bergamotte's villa, the mummy
of Rascar Capac, "He-who-chains-
the fire of the sky", tied up
in his shop window, with his tiara
adorned with feathers representing
a condor and her bracelets
bracelets. His withered face is of
disturbing, and even if the
curse we are beginning
since some of them
members of the Sanders- expedition
Hardmuth expedition have been suffering
a strange ailment
too much, the almost
supernatural way in which he vanishes into thin air,
then come back to haunt in the form of
of a terrible nightmare
of Tintin and Haddock,
will suddenly turn
the mood of the story. Revenge
of Rascar Capac may already be
already at work.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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