Lifestyle | nude photo Bruni Nudie Yanked From Sale After Flat Bids Offers for photo fail to reach auction reserve price By Rob Quinn Posted Nov 24, 2009 3:08 AM CST Copied A woman, displays a nude photo of Carla Bruni, taken by US photographer Pamela Hanson, at the show room of the Villa Griesebach Auction in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A nude photo of Carla Bruni failed to raise any excitement at a recent Paris auction. The German seller withdrew the black-and-white nude from sale after the bidding only reached $8,600, the Huffington Post reports. Another copy of the same photo of the French president's wife fetched $91,000 at a Christie's auction last year. Read These Next Slate examines the 'spiritual rot' of today's Vegas. Trump's cries against iffy mortgages may lead back to him. Early takeaways from the new release of Epstein files. CBS News boss pulls 60 Minutes segment critical of Trump policy. Report an error