Bristol Palin appears to have benefited from the arrest of her possible future mother-in-law. After the arrest of the mother of the alleged father of Bristol's soon-to-arrive son occurred, MSNBC reports that the first baby pictures immediately became more valuable:According to one source, bidding for the baby photos began at $100,000. People won out in the end, but In Touch was the only other weekly to make serious bids, according to several sources involved in the process.
The price didn't soar immediately, according to the sources, because Sarah Palin stories just didn’t sell all that well for the weeklies on newsstands.
“Sarah was on the cover of People, Us Weekly, and OK! the same week, and really only People saw a bump in sales," says a source.
The drug-related arrest of Johnston's mother, however, caused the price tag for the photos to go up.
image - MSNBC
Update - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: Kyle Hopkins at the ADN has quotes from the sleaze editor at People Magazine, who is denying any $$$ deal for the baby pics...