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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Carla Bruni Nude Photo Withdrawn from Auction (Telegraph)

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