Two nude photographs of Kate Moss are expected to sell for $54,000 in a London auction next month. The two prints will go under the hammer at London’s Christie’s auction house in May.

One of the photos - taken by Irving Penn in 1996 - shows Kate sitting in the nude from sideways on and is expected to fetch around $30,000. The other picture, taken by Albert Watson, is valued at $20,000.

Also available is a famous picture taken by Corinne Day when Kate was just 16, along with an iconic image of the model dressed in pants and a pink vest surrounded by fairy lights. The photo was taken by Corinne as part of a fashion shoot for Vogue magazine when Kate was 19, and is expected to be sold for $9,500.

There will also be a rare set of six prints, snapped by Chuck Close, of Kate without make-up, which are expected to sell for between $20,000 and $27,000.

Christie’s King Street Sale of Photographs takes place on May 31.

Posted: 04|17|07 at 2:24 pm. Filed under: UK News.