Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Not Interested in Naked Bruni

November 23, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Carla BruniFamiliarity 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Carla Bruni Nude Photo Withdrawn from Auction (Telegraph)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Understanding the Abu Dhabi Art FairUnderstanding the Abu Dhabi Art Fair
  • ABMiami: Toning Down & Spreading OutABMiami: Toning Down & Spreading Out
  • Gagosian: New York's Dominance WaningGagosian: New York's Dominance Waning
  • 2 x 200 Wants You to Own Art2 x 200 Wants You to Own Art
  • How to Make Your Art an InvestmentHow to Make Your Art an Investment
  • Cont. Art at New Normal?Cont. Art at New Normal?

Filed Under: Auction Results Tagged With: Featured

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • After Pandemic’s Rapid Change, Sotheby’s Has 8 Predictions for 2021
  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • A Season of Improvisation: Fall 2020 New York Modern and Contemporary Art Auction Analysis
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Roy Lichtenstein’s Top Ten Auction Prices
  • How to Chant Like an Auctioneer
  • Basquiat's Last Girlfriend
  • Christie's Announces $70m Picasso Self Portrait
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor