Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife To Be Sold At Christie's

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 26th 2008 at 6:02PM

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is learning that one of the perils of marrying a beautiful model is that nude photos of your wife might easily surface. A black and white nude of the lovely Carla Bruni will be auctioned off to the highest bidder during an auction of the photography collector Gert Elfering at Christie's New York on April 10. The 13 x 10 1/8 inch gelatin silver black and white photograph was taken in 1993 and shows Bruni in all her glory with her hands discretely covering her nether regions (you can see the photo here, but it is not safe for work). The photo was taken by Michel Comte and is expected to bring in $3,000 to $4,000. Comte has said that he has many more pictures of Bruni, some more explicit, but that he will never put them up for sale.

UPDATE: The nude of Karla Bruni sold for $91,000.

Tags: carla bruni, CarlaBruni, france, michel comte, MichelComte, nicolas sarkozy