First Photos: Bristol Palin’s Baby $300,000 Deal
Posted by Sassy Smith at 4:15 PM on December 31, 2008
Bristol Palin and fiance Levi Johnston welcomed son Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston a couple of days ago and already there's talk of the newborn's photos! Baby Tripp may have started a bidding war….
According to a source, bidding on the first photos of Tripp started around $100,000 and reportedly PEOPLE have won the rights to the pics. In Touch Weekly was the only other mag that made a serious bid.
The price however, didn't immediately go up because Sarah Palin stories didn't do well on newsstands. An insider dished, "Sarah was on the cover of People, Us Weekly, and OK! the same week, and really only People saw a bump in sales."
But no worries – because of grandma Johnston's (Levi's mom Sherry) arrest on drug charges – the price went up.
"The bidding started well before the baby was born, but once Levi's mum was arrested – well, then you had a story," explained one editor.
While none of the mags would confirm the final price, it's estimated that Bristol and Levi will earn about $300,000 for their baby's photos.
Nice chunk of change for teen parents. That'll buy a lot of nappies!
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