Original Comic Art Auction (Jacques Laudy)

On auction this week: an exclusive large size album of Hassan et Kaddour « Le voleur de Bagdad » in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies, only 50 of which are auctioned with an original page from the story! In 1946, Jacques Laudy was asked by Hergé, together with E.P. Jacobs, Paul Cuvelier and Jacques van Melkebeke, to join the prestigious founders of the legendary Tintin magazine (Le Journal de Tintin). In 1948, Laudy created The Thief of Bagdad, the first story of Hassan et Kaddour to be published in Tintin. The album on auction (in French and Dutch combined) reproduces the original artwork, with notes in pencil by the author. It provides an exclusive and personal behind-the-scenes insight in the Golden Age of Le Journal de Tintin