Published Date:
05 June 2009
By MARGARET NEIGHBOUR
A REVEALING photograph of France's first lady Carla Bruni was bought yesterday for 13,900 (£12,213) by an anonymous bidder at a Berlin auction house.
The image is one of ten prints of the former model lounging nude in an unmade bed by American fashion photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994.
The Villa Grisebach auction house had appraised Carla Bruni in Bed at 2,500-3,500 and had talked to prospective buyers from as far away as Mexico, according to its photography expert, Franziska Schmidt.
"I really don't know why there is such a hype," Mr Schmidt said. "For us it is not the highlight."
Last year, Christie's auction house in New York sold a different nude print of Ms Bruni for 30 times more than anticipated. An anonymous bidder paid $91,000 (£56,000) for the photograph.
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Last Updated:
04 June 2009 9:49 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
