On April 10th, 2008, Christie's will auction off a nude photograph of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy's wife, which was taken before she was married. Carla Bruni posed for the black and white photo in 1993, when she was a model. It is expected to sell for $4,000.
Carla is lucky that she doesn't have a mother-in-law like mine, who would have banned it from the family album. The only nude photos allowed in there was the one of old Uncle Dominic at age 6 months posed on a davenport atop a crochet doily.
Odd Auctions
French First Lady Nudes at Christie's
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