Nude photographs of
supermodel Kate Moss fetched a total of $366,000 when they went up for
sale in a London auction.
A six foot square photograph of a naked Moss, taken by Albert
Watson, sold for L54,000 ($108,000) - five times the amount auction
house Christie's had expected.
A 1996 portrait of the catwalk star entitled Kate Moss (Hand on Neck) went under the hammer at L38,400 ($76,800), while a 1993 photo of Moss shot by Corinne Day for the cover of fashion magazine Vogue sold for L6,600 ($13,200).
But at L84,000 ($168,000), the highest bid for a Moss original was for a set of six prints of the 33-year-old without make-up, taken by Chuck Close. The photos were originally estimated to go for only $40,000 (L20,000).