Killy's pricey photo-biography

Recently, Jean-Claude cleaned up his attic and found a trove of old photographs he had gathered over the years.

From these, many of them unpublished, he selected 351 pictures that were compiled into two volumes of 616 pages, packaged in a ponderous, 31 lbs (14 kg) box-set, made available as a 1,000 copy limited issue, and sold for just under $1,000 (850 €) each.

The publication theme is “Learning” and “Enterprising”, the two founding elements of Killy's life. The proceeds will be given to charities (we're not told which).

In my opinion, only a few super-rich or very large corporations may be able purchase a copy to grace their coffee table or reception area, and even fewer common folks will ever have a chance to browse through it, reinforcing skiing's image as an exclusive and uppity activity.

As to the proceeds I only hope the won't go to the KGB Widows Association or something along these lines!

Just kidding...