http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/nude-photo-french-lady-sells-new-york-91-000-article-1.278776
OOH, LA LA! For just $91,000, one man can now see what has French President Nicolas Sarkozy all hot under the collar.
A topless photo of willowy model-turned-French First Lady Carla Bruni sold for almost six figures Thursday after a furious bidding war erupted at Christie's auction house.
"There was a protracted bidding battle, on the phone, on the Internet and in the room," said Rik Pike of Christie's.
Still, the bare-breasted Bruni pic by photographer Michel Comte couldn't compete with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen - or even old-school starlet Brigitte Bardot.
A nude photo of the amply endowed Bundchen drew a top bid of $193,000, and a portrait of Bardot by famed lensman Richard Avedon went for $181,000.
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