A nude photo of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, identical to one sold last year for $91,000, was withdrawn yesterday from a Paris auction after bids failed to hit the reserve price.
Bidding for the black and white shot, showing Bruni standing pigeon-toed and covering her crotch with her hands, began at 4,000 euros but reached only 5,800, less than the undisclosed reserve price, the Drouot auction house said.
The agent for the German collector who owns the photo then decided to withdraw it, the house said.
The photos were shot by Michel Comte in 1993. |
