{blackbabes} Nicole bids up her wedding pix

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There was frantic negotiating to land Nicole Richie a $100,000 exclusive magazine deal ahead of her big wedding to Joel Madden today. Reps for Richie -- who recently took a photographer to court to protect her and her children's privacy -- were as late as yesterday "playing the weekly magazines against each other to drive up the price," an insider said. Sources tell us that the reps for Richie, who said she planned to give the money to charity, had agreed to an OK! bid earlier in the week to make her a "cover chip" -- a less important story referenced with a small photo on the front page -- but then went to People to negotiate a full cover. A source added, "Things got complicated because both Kim Kardashian and Christina Aguilera said they couldn't attend the wedding because of other commitments." A rep for Richie, who's expected to wear Marchesa to her wedding at father Lionel Richie's Beverly Hills home, said: "Your information is incorrect".