Familiarity breeds contempt, the old adage goes. Perhaps that explains why this photo of Carla Bruni, now France’s first lady, failed to get anywhere near the reserve price during a Drouot auction over the weekend. It shows that the $91,000 price paid in New York for the same image during the April photography sales was just a fluke driven by the excitement over the former model and pop singer’s recent marriage to President Sarkozy.

Carla Bruni Nude Photo Withdrawn from Auction (Telegraph)