Month: July 2014

A mega-rare decor for Belvision’s “King Ottokar’s Sceptre” 1957 animation by Bob De Moor

Between 1955 and 1958 Raymond Leblanc's Belvision studios worked on several animation adaptations of some of Willy Vandersteen's Spike and Suzy albums (that's English for'Suske en Wiske' for those wondering) for the Flemish television NIR. Included were "Het Spaanse spook" ("The Spanish Spook"), "De bronzen sleutel" ("The Bronze Key"), "De gezanten van Mars" ("The Martian Ambassadors") - of which an

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Bob De Moor’s 1944’s watercolor painting ‘La caravelle’

[caption id="attachment_824" align="alignleft" width="300"] The 17 x 13 cm signed artwork "La caravelle"[/caption] In March 2009 the Art Value auction house based in Drouot-Montaigne, Paris (France) auctioned a watercolor painting/drawing which Bob De Moor made back in 1944. Called "La caravelle" it was made as an illustration for a book or story which never was edited (so the prospectus says).

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1947 story by Bob De Moor – “Le mystère du vieux château” – to be re-released in French too

[caption id="attachment_820" align="alignleft" width="219"] A page from the original 1947 edition, in French.[/caption] Coming up (the precise date is not yet known, but it should be in Fall of 2014) is a new edition of "Le mystère du vieux château" in French. As you already know from our previous post about "Le mystère du vieux château" there will also be

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The very last drawing Bob De Moor ever made was for the cult car Citroen traction avant 22 model (part 2)

[caption id="attachment_799" align="alignleft" width="212"] In the bottom left corner you can see the date 08-1992[/caption] On June 14th we posted an article about the very last drawing Bob De Moor ever made. Some doubted this was the case and we received various emails asking if this was really the last drawing. It was, not only did confirm Johan De Moor

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“Destination Moon” in 1985 by Bob De Moor

[caption id="attachment_777" align="alignleft" width="300"] Poster from Comic Reddition 15 and the original - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] In issue 15 of the German comic info magazine Comic Reddition released in November 1989, the publisher added a 2 colour poster of a cover by Bob De Moor for a Danish and American  edition of the double album collectors' edition of

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Bob De Moor’s most expensive album available now? A first edition from ‘Bloske en Zwik, detectives’ from 1949.

[caption id="attachment_771" align="alignleft" width="233"] Front cover 1949 album "Bloske en Zwik, detectives"[/caption] In 1949, publisher Sansen in Poperinge released a comic by Bob De Moor called "Bloske en Zwik, detectives". The story itself had been pre-published in ’t Kapoentje, in colour, from December 6th, 1948, until April 28, 1949. Today, 65 years later, this first and only edition is yours for

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Tour de France 1952 with Bob De Moor

[caption id="attachment_766" align="alignleft" width="206"] Click to enlarge[/caption] On June 25th, 1952 the Tintin weekly presented a cover by Bob De Moor for the article "Dans les coulisses du Tour de France" (2 pages) which itself would be illustrated by 12 more drawings by Bob De Moor. In De Moor's cover you see the sportsmen passing over sets (also known as Belgian blocks), passing Paris (you'd

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Haribo France goes exploring the moon with Tintin

[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignleft" width="180"] Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] In 1985 the Studio Hergé was approached by the French publicity agency APM to complete a project for candy producer Haribo, just for the French market we assume. The theme for the Haribo-publicity had to be "Explorers on the Moon" and the design was meant to be on small candy bags.

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