Berlin: A revealing photograph of former model and France's current first lady Carla Bruni was bought for $19,600 by an anonymous bidder Thursday at a Berlin auction house.
The image is one of 10 prints of a nude Bruni lounging in an unmade bed captured by American fashion photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994.
The Villa Grisebach auction house appraised Carla Bruni in Bed at $3,568-$4,997 and talked to prospective buyers from as far away as Mexico, according to the house's photography expert, Franziska Schmidt.
POSING IN THE BIRTHDAY SUIT: A woman, displays a revealing photo of Carla Bruni, taken by US photographer Pamela Hanson that was auctioned.
"I really don't know why there is such a hype," Schmidt said. "For us it is not the highlight."
Last year, Christie's auction house in New York sold a different nude print of Bruni for 30 times more than anticipated. An anonymous bidder paid $91,000 for the photograph.
Villa Grisebach would not provide any information on the winning bidder on Thursday.
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