Antibes, France – The works of art of Adrien Brody and James Franco and the opportunity to sit on the court in a game of the Knicks with director Spike Lee were among the crashed offerings in the Annual amfar gala To raise money for AIDS investigation.
Held at the famous Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on Thursday, the night attracted dozens of celebrities in the area for the Cannes Film Festival. The guests included Brody, Lee, Colman Domingo, Michelle Rodríguez, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, and Heidi Klum.
This year’s main articles for sale included a Dodge Charger that appeared in “Fast X”, sold by Rodríguez, raising 475,000 euros ($ 536,843). There were also some slopes of yellow diamonds in the shape of a chopard pear that reached the 400,000 euros ($ 452,005) in the tender.
During the food, the guests also entertained with musical performances by Ciara, who opened the night, Adam Lambert and led dinner with Duran Duran. The guest extended from his tables at the head of the room to stand in front of the stage and sing with successes such as “Notorious” and “View to a Kill” (which would not be the only reference of James Bond in the night).
The sale included works of art from Brody, sold for 375,000 euros ($ 423,755) with lunch with the star launched, and Franco, (sold for 325,000 euros ($ 367,254) also with a lunch offered with the winning offer. Another prominent point was a May 2025 George condominium paint that collected 1.15 million euros ($ 1.26 million).
Lee arrived on stage And he offered a surprise lot, a daily part in his next movie. Part of the road through the offer, tickets added to sit next to him on the court in a New York Nicks game next season, driving the price up to 400,000 euros ($ 452,005).
He Fashion parade It is a regular characteristic of the auction curated by Carine Roitfeld, this year was inspired by Bond and saw 27 models convert the center of the dining room into a catwalk while parading through the room stirring the guests who recognized and posed for photos on the route. The collection made 450,000 euros ($ 508,505) for the beneficial organization, auctioned as a complete lot.
The Foundation for AIDS research is a non -profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment of treatment and defense. Since 1985, Amfar has raised almost $ 950 million (841 million euros) in support of its programs and has awarded more than 3,800 subsidies to research teams around the world.
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Louise Dixon has covered the amfar gala for more than a decade. Among most of the memorable items he has seen in an auction are a football game with David Beckham and his friends, a private performance for Andrea Bocelli’s dinner in his family home and lunch with Robert de Niro that combined has raised more than 2 million euros.
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