Moss portrait sold for $62,000

LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A self-portrait by British model Kate Moss marked with blood from her ex-lover, rocker Pete Doherty, has sold for nearly $62,000, The Sunday Telegraph reports.

The British newspaper said the Moss portrait, which the model drew in lipstick and features her lip imprint in lipstick and blood stains on the canvas offered by Doherty, was purchased by an unidentified buyer after it failed to attract any bids during a London auction.

The portrait created by Moss was initially owned by Doherty, who adorned it with the words: "Who needs blood when you've got lipstick?"

The rocker later sold the piece to an anonymous buyer, who decided to auction the portrait off Saturday at the London auction house Lyon & Turnbull.

While the portrait did not earn any bids during the auction, it was purchased following the show by a buyer whose identity was not revealed, the Telegraph said.

The Telegraph said a Doherty self-portrait also failed to generate any bids when it went on the auction block this weekend. That item was autographed in Doherty's blood.