Bids for the post-attack edition of “Charlie Hebdo,” which depicts the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, were running as high as 12,000 euros ($14,100) on EBay Inc.’s French site.
This week’s magazine cover portrays Muhammad weeping and holding a placard that reads “Je suis Charlie” or “I am Charlie,” the message supporters of the satirical weekly have worn and posted worldwide after 12 people were killed at the magazine last week by terrorists. Above the cover’s caricature are the words “All is Forgiven.”
The magazine appeared on newstands in France early today and has since sold out. It’s on sale in 16 languages worldwide with about 3 million copies printed originally, though this is being increased to 5 million, Véronique Faujour, president of the distributor MLP, told Agence France-Presse.
In the U.K., where newsagents expect copies on Friday, EBay bids were as high as 1,000 pounds ($1,518). In the U.S., the magazine was selling for as much as $600 and one seller was offering it for as much as $14,672.
A total of 17 people were killed last week in the Charlie Hebdo attack and others around Paris in the worst such assault in France in more than half a century. The three gunmen were also shot dead by police.
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