Saturday, January 17, 2009

Full Frontal Madonna for Sale

Christie's auction house says a 30-year-old nude photo of Madonna, which earned her a $25 modeling fee, is expected to sell for at least $10,000. The full frontal image was taken by Lee Friedlander and appeared in Playboy in 1985.
Madonna was a 20-year-old dancer trying to make ends meet when she answered Friedlander's newspaper ad seeking a nude model in 1979. Six photos from the shoot were sold to Playboy and the one up for auction Feb. 12 might just be the most explicit one.
Another photo of Madonna, by Helmut Newton, is also in the auction. In that shot, she is wearing lingerie.
more HERE
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Never Mind the Bullocks...here's the Auction!

photo of a promotional poster for the 1977 Virgin Records' single" God Save The Queen," by "The Sex-Pistols," designed by Jamie Reid

Memorabilia from some of punk rock's biggest acts and seminal moments — including a scrawled flier for one of the Clash's first shows and publicity photos signed by the Sex Pistols — is headed for a November 24, 2008 Christie's auction.
The event, announced Tuesday, includes more than 120 records, photos and promotional pieces for such punk, garage rock and new wave legends as the Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, the Ramones, David Bowie, Blondie, the Cure and the Smiths.
The auction is Christie's first to focus on punk mementos, signaling the collectible status of a brash, anti-authoritarian rock movement that largely thumbed its nose at posterity.
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view items HERE

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