Most pictures are worth 1,000 words. Sarah Palin’s are worth $10,000.

During an upcoming fundraising visit to Minnesota, fans are being asked to fork over a pretty penny to have a brief meeting with the ex-Alaska governor memorialized on film.

The April 7 visit includes an afternoon rally at the Minneapolis Convention Center and a $500-a-plate dinner to help raise cash for Rep. Michele Bachmann’s reelection campaign. The evening’s schedule includes a brief chance, for ten big ones, to have a picture taken with Palin, according to an RSVP for the event.

Bachmann has been leading a populist charge against federal health care reforms, appearing at a Washington, D.C. rally Tuesday with a bullhorn in hand. She is scheduled to appear on Fox News Wednesday, but her campaign manager, Gina Countryman, defended the high-dollar donations.

“Congresswoman Bachmann’s record of fighting for Minnesotans stands for itself. She is standing firmly against a massive government takeover of health care, for smaller, more sensible government, and works every day to ensure the voices of her constituents are heard in Washington,” Countryman said.

But for at least one Democratic rival, Bachmann’s fundraising was an opportunity to raise cash. In a letter sent Tuesday, Tarryl Clark’s campaign manager Zach Rodvold asked supporters for a $10 donation to counter the event.

“The Bachmann campaign hasn’t advertised these sky-high ticket prices yet, and it’s not hard to tell why,” Rodvold wrote. “Michele Bachmann doesn’t want people to know that while families and small businesses are struggling in Minnesota, she’s getting ten grand per snapshot with right wing celebrity Sarah Palin.”

The highly anticipated visit is a joint fundraiser for Bachmann and the Republican Party of Minnesota. It is Palin’s second visit here since she was launched into the national consciousness from the stage of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, where she was introduced as Sen. John McCain’s presidential running mate.