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Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction

Posted Mar 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT in Arts & Living,  World 

(Newser) – A black-and-white photograph of Carla Bruni will go up for sale at an auction next month, Reuters reports. Christie’s expects the portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's bride to attract a final bid of $3,000 to $4,000, and the auction house's announcement of the sale on the eve of a state visit to the UK isn't sitting well with the subject, the Daily Mail reports.

"Carla is very angry, not to say deeply upset, that a commercial organisation has chosen to release this print at such an important time," said an aide to the French first lady. In the 7 weeks since they married,  Sarkozy’s approval ratings have plummeted, largely as a result of voter disapproval of his international playboy image, the AP reports.

Sources Reuters, Daily Mail (UK)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and his wife Carla Bruni, right, are seen prior to greeting Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, March 10, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni visit the cell where former South African president Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, on Robben island, South Africa, Friday Feb. 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)
Michel Comte's 1993 image of Carla Bruni will be auctioned at Christie's in New York next month.   (Christie's)
Italian supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni lowers her sunglasses to look at photographers as she walks to visit the Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt in this Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, file photo.   (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni are seen during their visit to the Gugulethu AIDS institute near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)
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