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What will be the price of the Photography of Madame Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sold in an auction by Cristie's?

Settled as 50,000 <= X < 100,000

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038

Background:

A photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is going to be sold in an auction by Christie's, New York, on April 10th.
The photography is a professional shoot in black and white, taken by Michel Comte in 1993 as part of a series of photos from a session for the Italian "Vogue" magazine. Michel Comte is not the seller, he himself was surprised the photo is going the be sold.
Mrs. Sarkozy, First Lady of France, former model, wears no cloths on the picture.
The auction's starting price is 4,000 USD. But some yellow press magazines already offered Comte up to £ 1,000,000 for similar celeb photos.
X = Selling price in USD


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source or Cristie's Auction house website

 
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Settled

4,000 <= X < 10,000
55%
10,000 <= X < 25,000
15%
25,000 <= X < 50,000
6%
50,000 <= X < 100,000
7%
100,000 <= X < 250,000
8%
250,000 <= X < 500,000
3%
500,000 <= X < 1,000,000
3%
X >= 1,000,000
4%
Activity: H$9,158
Settled as 50,000 <= X < 100,000 on Thu 10th Apr 2008 1:25pm PDT

Suspend date: Wed 9th Apr 2008 6:59am PDT Settlement date: Thu 10th Apr 2008 1:25pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 9th Apr 2008 6:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: 4,000 <= X < 10,000: 15%, 10,000 <= X < 25,000: 15%, 25,000 <= X < 50,000: 20%, 50,000 <= X < 100,000: 15%, 100,000 <= X < 250,000: 15%, 250,000 <= X < 500,000: 10%, 500,000 <= X < 1,000,000: 5%, X >= 1,000,000: 5%

Action history:

Created Wed 26th Mar 2008 2:52pm PDT by kruijs[Power User]
Suspended Wed 9th Apr 2008 6:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Thu 10th Apr 2008 12:54pm PDT by newswrangler[Power User]:
Winning prediction = "50,000 <= X < 100,000"

Sold for $91,000

<http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038>
Settlement requested Thu 10th Apr 2008 1:13pm PDT by kruijs[Power User]: the photo has been sold for 91,000USD
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038
Settled as '50,000 <= X < 100,000' Thu 10th Apr 2008 1:25pm PDT by diana: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038

Suspend date: Wed 9th Apr 2008 6:59am PDT Settlement date: Thu 10th Apr 2008 1:25pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 9th Apr 2008 6:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (53)

53 predictions

39 weeks ago
drachenstein predicted 10,000 <= X < 25,000 (H$20 at 15%)
39 weeks ago
questmaster predicted 10,000 <= X < 25,000 (H$20 at 14%)
39 weeks ago
emptywin predicted 4,000 <= X < 10,000 (H$20 at 63%)
39 weeks ago
kruijs[Power User] predicted 4,000 <= X < 10,000 (H$1,000 at 50%)
39 weeks ago
mistert predicted 100,000 <= X < 250,000 (H$20 at 6%)
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Comments (7)

  2 mork[Power User]
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posted 39 weeks ago
  3 kruijs[Power User]
Here are the auction details:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038
posted 39 weeks ago
  4 kruijs[Power User]
The photo made 91,000 USD, wow!
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5054038
posted 38 weeks ago
  5 kruijs[Power User]
fox new today said it was expected to get 2,000 USD
.. tsss
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6266149&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1
posted 38 weeks ago
  6 ladylara
Sign of the economic times- even those with $$ to burn are holding on a bit tighter...
posted 38 weeks ago
  7 kruijs[Power User]
lady, its actually the contrary: Expected were 2K, it has been sold for 91K - more than 45 times the expected amount ! crazy ...
posted 38 weeks ago

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