A full-frontal, nude photo of a 20-year-old Madonna fetched $73,600 at auction on Thursday, possibly setting a record auction price for a photograph of the singer. Photo Evan Agostini/AP.
Christie's believes that Lee Friedlander's full-frontal black and white image of Madonna, born Louise Ciccone, is a record auction price for a photograph of her.
A Herb Ritts photo of Madonna's True Blue album cover sold for over $US15,000 in 2006.
An unnamed European buyer bought the 1979 photograph on Thursday. It had been estimated to sell for up to $US15,000.
Madonna may have earned as little as $US25 for the 1979 modeling session. Christie's says she was a 20-year-old dancer trying to make ends meet when she answered Friedlander's newspaper ad seeking a nude model.
The photograph appeared in Playboy in 1985.
